X (core input device) probs under Debian unstable; solution?

2005-09-01 Thread James Miller
I finally got around to trying more earnestly to tackle this problem. The motivation was that I lost CD burning capability by reverting to the 2.4.27 kernel (the kernel that actually gave me a working mouse and thus a working X) and I finally needed to get it back. Searching the internet I was

Re: X (core input device) probs under Debian unstable

2005-08-18 Thread Tobias Hirning
Hi James! On Thursday, 18. August 2005 18:13 James Miller wrote: > [...] > This newly-discovered failure seems to have to do with the 2.6.x > kernels, and possibly udev. I say this because, in order to get a > working gui, I've had to boot using an older 2.4.27 kernel I have > on the system. When I

X (core input device) probs under Debian unstable

2005-08-18 Thread James Miller
Some new problems have cropped up since I dist-upgraded my Debian unstable install. Odd that they did not show up immediately after the dist-upgrade, but only now after having rebooted several times. The most recent reboot was necessitated by a momentary power failure. So, here's the problem: