[vox-tech] FYI: Trick to get around 2.6.8 kernel "mousedev" bug for Wacom use on Thinkpad T20

[Mike Simons]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 03:12:20PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> Googling some more, I then discovered that there's a bug in the
> "mousedev" module in the 2.6.8 Kernel (the latest easily-available in
> Debian/Testing at the moment... I don't feel like a Kernel recompile ;^) ):

Hi Bill,

If you apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686 ... from testing, at the moment,
you'll get 2.6.12.

I was surprised to find the name of the kernel-image package was changed
recently, and I'm guessing it was to make room for alternative kernels
(hurd, freebsd, etc)...



miramar:~# apt-cache policy kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 kernel-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.8-16
  Version Table:
     2.6.8-16 0
        500 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Packages
kernel-image-2.6-686:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:2.6.12-10
  Version Table:
     1:2.6.12-10 0
        500 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Packages
linux-image-2.6-686:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.12-10
  Version Table:
     2.6.12-10 0
        500 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Packages


miramar:~# apt-cache show kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 kernel-image-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
Priority: optional
Section: base
Installed-Size: 44156
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: kernel-image-2.6.8-i386
Version: 2.6.8-16
Provides: kernel-image, kernel-image-2.6
Depends: initrd-tools (>= 0.1.63), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 0.9.13)
Suggests: lilo (>= 19.1) | grub, fdutils, kernel-doc-2.6.8 | kernel-source-2.6.8
Conflicts: hotplug (<< 0.0.20040105-1)
Filename: pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686_2.6.8-16_i386.deb
Size: 15528216
MD5sum: 112e7e654a53197cfdb20fe4ab04f003
Description: Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4.
 This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on
 Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II/Pentium III/Pentium 4,
 the corresponding System.map file, and the modules built by the packager.
 It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in
 a unbootable state after an update.
 .
 If you wish to update a bootdisk, or to use a bootloader to make
 installing and using the image easier, we suggest you install the latest
 fdutils (for formatting a floppy to be used as boot disk), and LILO, for a
 powerful bootloader. Of course, both these are optional.
 .
 Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package,
 and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to
 create a custom kernel from the sources.
Tag: admin::boot, admin::kernel

Package: kernel-image-2.6-686
Priority: extra
Section: base
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: linux-2.6 (2.6.12-10)
Version: 1:2.6.12-10
Depends: linux-image-2.6-686
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-2.6/kernel-image-2.6-686_2.6.12-10_i386.deb
Size: 8732
MD5sum: a861f3e0d028b11187ce7b208c145c31
Description: Linux kernel 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 machines - transition package
 This package is for transition only.
Tag: admin::boot, admin::kernel, role::aux:metapackage

Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Priority: optional
Section: base
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel at lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.12-10
Depends: linux-image-2.6.12-1-686
Filename: pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6-686_2.6.12-10_i386.deb
Size: 8752
MD5sum: bbee1b183066c03726d7bcc230da5a02
Description: Linux kernel 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 machines
 This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on
 Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II/Pentium III/Pentium 4 machines.