From: bugzilla@redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com Subject: [RHBA-2001:062-02] mouseconfig only partially supports devices other than /dev/mouse Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:31 -0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory Synopsis: mouseconfig only partially supports devices other than /dev/mouse Advisory ID: RHBA-2001:062-02 Issue date: 2001-04-27 Updated on: 2001-05-02 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: mouseconfig DEVICE /etc/sysconfig/mouse Cross references: Obsoletes: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386 3. Problem description: 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. 4. 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. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/mouseconfig-4.22-1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/mouseconfig-4.22-1.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6a4e62975d9e6b535e28aad0e0b2968e 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.src.rpm da51822b776d4203ccdd01c664a1949a 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/mouseconfig-4.22-1.src.rpm a486423c1531f272b3339deabbaf0e0b 7.1/en/os/i386/Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.i386.rpm 83db69b7d6ae84f3d45ff4fb71191416 7.1/en/os/i386/mouseconfig-4.22-1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename> 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list