Re: Re: BTC 9019URF mouse buttons not active in X

I'm having a problem with my Versapoint RF
keyboard/mouse, the mouse doesn't work, in my 2.4.31
kernel.  I'm using 2.4 because I have an NFS root and
a FatX swap.  The mouse works fine on my 2.6 desktop
machine.

Do you think I could create a native linux swap in the
>8GB of unused space without preventing me from using
the xBox for normal games?

If so then I'll just create it with fdisk in hda55.

Please let me know your thoughts,

Thanks,

Ben

--- David Pye <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sunday 30 October 2005 22:59, Ryan de Laplante
> wrote:
> > I've read that support for fatx filesystem is not
> good on the 2.6 version
> > of the kernel and that's why the xbox linux
> distros use the 2.4 kernel?  
> > If I didn't want to keep my xbox for gaming then I
> could just wipe the hard
> > drive and install an xbox linux distro with the
> 2.6 kernel. Since I want to
> > keep it for gaming I'm stuck with the 2.4 that
> seems to come with most xbox
> > linux distros.  I was hoping someone could patch
> the 2.4 kernel used by the
> > xbox linux distros.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> 
> There's nothing stopping you doing that - patching
> and building a kernel is 
> something that is (or with a little effort, could
> be) within your grasp if 
> you wished to do it.
> 
> I will try to retrieve a URL for this which provides
> some info about building 
> your own kernel - it's really not that intimidating.
> 
> What you say about 2.6 is pretty much correct, with
> a small note:  You can 
> install a 2.6 kernel if you installed into the
> 'unused space' on a 10GB drive 
> (sometimes referred to as F:) as this can be
> formatted to 'linux native', 
> thus allowing you to play games still.
> 
> There's pretty much no chance we would incorporate a
> patch like this one into 
> the xbox-linux kernel patch itself, as it's not an
> xbox linux issue, 
> therefore doesn't belong in the xbox-specific patch.
>  You might well be able 
> to persuade the distro makers to incorporate it
> themselves (Shallax for 
> GentooX, and gimli aka Ed Hucek for Xebian) though. 
> 
> 
> If you can get the official Linux maintainers for
> the 2.4 series to 
> incorporate a patch, so much the better, because
> that is where it belongs.
> 
> David
> 
> 

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