Installing kernel 2.6.4 0n (not over) 2.4

[Jim Cornette]

jludwig wrote:

>If you set up a script witn something like;
>
>KERNEL=`uname -a | cut -d . -f3`
>if $KERNEL = 4 ;then
>	mouse= # your code
>          else
>	mouse= # your code
>fi
> 
>you will automate the process. Where to put this I haven't determined.
>  
>
I was thinking something like the below. I don't do many scripts, so I 
probably am off track somewhere. Putting it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local sounds 
like a good location for the script to be launched from. /usr/bin for 
the script itself. XF86Config should have the reference to the 
"/dev/mouse" symlink to be changed.

KERNEL=`uname -r | cut -d . -f3`
if $KERNEL = 4 ;then
	ln /dev/mouse /dev/psaux
          else
	ln /dev/mouse /dev/input/mice
fi


I think that this would allow you to boot either the 2.4 or the 2.6 and have a mouse when launching X.

Jim