[KLUG Members] Re: Fw: [LIH]Kernel 2.6.0 woes

[Peter Buxton]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:23:44PM +0530, komal was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> > Any kernel gurus here?

Kinda.

> > 1. APM+mouse.  I have a PS/2 mouse with the driver compiled as a
> > module.  Earlier when I suspended the system only a keystroke would be
> > able to unsuspend it.  However, now a mouse movement also unsuspends
> > the system.

This could be related to the new INPUT subsystem, which includes the
keyboard, mice and joysticks. What suspend app are you using? Is it
looking for any INPUT events under 2.6?

> > 2. KDE screenlock.  For some reason kcheckpass is refusing to accept
> > my password once the screen gets locked.  Used to work just fine with
> > 2.4.x.  Weird...

It worked fine with Debian's 3.2 KDE under 2.6.x for me....

> > 3. CD writing.  How the heck DOES one write CDs with 2.6?  With 2.4.x
> > it was well-documented if not straightforward -- enable ide-scsi in
> > the kernel boot command line, do a scanbus and you're up and running.

ide-cd.ko is the new module for 2.6 (if, of course, you compile it as a
module). I've had good luck burning with it with a LITE-ON 40x12x48x.
`cdrecord dev=/dev/hd?` is the new syntax.  Don't boot the kernel with
"ide-scsi=hd?" anymore, it's now unsupported.

> > 4. Modules.  Installed the new modutils and enabled module auto-load
> > in the kernel, but I still have to insert modules manually.

Remember, it's not modutils, but modules-init-tools. The files in /etc
ruling the new tools are named modprobe.conf, etc., not modules.conf.
The usual command for autoconfiguring autoloading is modules-update(8).
Your distro may vary.

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