[plug] Debian Installation - Sid

[Marc Wiriadisastra]

Stupid me found the driver after all.  Since I'm using sid the driver is 
xfree86-synaptics

Marc

Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:

> Hey All
>
> I found something interesting with the install of sid.  After getting 
> xwindows or kde up and running I thought I would use synaptic and 
> upgrade to the 2.6.7 kernel since 2.6.8 is stuffed for writing to cd's 
> as a normal user i thought I would upgrade to the next best thing.  
> Well there's a bug with the 2.6.7 kernel that doesn't allow the 
> laptop's "ps2" mouse to work under xwindows as far as I know.
>
> I re-checked my xfree86 conf file and nothing had changed.  If I set 
> the mouse to the ttys1 port it would work but the mouse wouldn't Kde 
> would load up but no mouse.  So I did a little google on the web and 
> found that its related to the kernel.  I switched back to the last 2.4 
> kernel or the standard kernel that I installed first and it works 
> fine.  My understanding is that the kernel does not have the 
> "synaptics" driver installed in it or something like that.  I only 
> just found it out so I'm not full bottle on it or even a small 
> amount.  Anyways the touchpad for some reason under sid 2.6.7 didn't 
> work for me.
>
> http://xoomer.virgilio.it/dollinger/robert/linux/acer800.html
>
> Thats the link for how to fix it under acer.  I'm assuming its the 
> same issue.  As I try more I'll relay whats happened and happens.
>
> Marc
>
> Leon Blackwell wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 12:54:54PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Sarge currently doesn't have The Gimp.  This will be fixed by the time
>>> sarge is released, but until then, you can always grab gimp from sid.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Sarge has gimp 1.2 (packaged as gimp1.2), but not 2.0.  If you want, you
>> can just grab 2.0 from sid (it works just fine like that).
>>
>> Other than that, I can't see why most people would *need* sid instead of
>> sarge at the moment.
>>
>>
>>  
>>
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