Bug Fix Advisory mouseconfig only partially supports devices other than /dev/mouse

Advisory: RHBA-2001:062-02
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2001-04-27
Last updated on: 2001-05-02
Affected Products: Red Hat Linux 7.1
OVAL: N/A

Details

Support for mouse devices other than /dev/mouse is only partially complete in
the mouseconfig and Xconfigurator shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.1. This
has been corrected.

By default, Red Hat Linux has always supported /dev/mouse as the primary
mouse device for both gpm and X. In Red Hat Linux 7.1, support was added
for alternative devices. Editing /etc/sysconfig/mouse and setting the variable
DEVICE to a file other than /dev/mouse changed the default behaviour.

The impact is low; this problem will not be seen until a user tries to re-run
mouseconfig or Xconfigurator after installation, and this is an uncommon
operation unless hardware is changed.

Both mouseconfig and Xconfigurator as initially shipped had problems
interpreting this variable. This release corrects those problems.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Linux 7.1

IA-32:
Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2002:010
    a486423c1531f272b3339deabbaf0e0b
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/mouseconfig-4.22-1.i386.rpm
Missing file
    83db69b7d6ae84f3d45ff4fb71191416
 

Keywords

/etc/sysconfig/mouse


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