I've seen a number of posts and comments about this on the web, but I haven't found anything yet that actually provides an answer of what to do. I've seen references to solving the problem, but those that mention a solution never actually give one.
I have a system with PS/2 connectors for the mouse and the keyboard. I tried installing Sarge with the 2.6 kernel, and the mouse movement was inconsistent and jumped all over the place. I tried booting Knoppix with a 2.6 kernel and got the same thing. After a lot of research I found out that there was a change in the 2.6 kernel in how it handles a PS/2 mouse. I bought a PS/2 -> USB converter for the keyboard and mouse and tried that. It worked, mostly, but it kept firing in extra characters from the keyboard -- often repeating endlessly the last character I typed or sometimes firing off random characters. I finally had to go with a 2.4 kernel, but soon I'll be re-installing my workstation and I'd like to run Sid on the workstation and use all the new toys. (Yes, I know -- I'm going to install a partition on the workstation with Sarge for when Sid is broken.) I've read that there is at least one fix for using a PS/2 mouse on a 2.6 kernel, but, as I said, I can't find the actual fix. Any help here on getting a PS/2 mouse to behave on 2.6? Thanks! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
