On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:30 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> ...
> Does Debian drop valid hardware, that isn't brand new?

I use a PS/2 mouse with Debian, but it does not have a wheel;
so I can't address your specific situation.  But as to your
more general question about hardware support, I doubt that
Debian in particular or Linux in general intentionally dropped
support for PS/2 mice with wheels.  It's more likely a bug.
The problem is usually that the people who write or maintain
the code don't have the necessary hardware to test it themselves.

As an example, the fairly recent (relative to how long we've had
an X server) switch to Kernel Mode Setting seems to have broken
support for interlaced video modes.  It couldn't possibly have
been tested.  But testing an interlaced video mode requires a
video card / monitor combination that supports it.  Most flat-screen
monitors don't support interlaced video modes.  You just about have
to have a CRT monitor to use interlaced video modes.  Apparently
the developers don't have one.  Code to support interlaced video
modes is there.  But it doesn't work.  Anyone who even attempted
to test it would have found that out.

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