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So what's the verdict as far as the release goes? are you going to release it with a warning to anyone with usb mice? :P

This is a really strange problem, it would be interesting to see what's causing it

EDIT: md5sum just came back, no problem there.

Hopefully this won't affect too any people.
The offending code is in:
etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start
To fix the the server crash you need to comment out the second line with a '#', it should look like this:
#xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 5 4' >&/dev/null

That's if you do not have a /dev/psaux scroll capable mouse (or touchpad).

This bug will be gone in 0.9.10 because I compiled new kdrive Xservers who do not need me to remap the mouse buttons. I'll push it out early.

Unfortunately, 0.4.9 is already released, I'll put up a warning on the 'notes' page. What's amazing is that I had this release pre-tested by 5 people and myself and no one caught this.

Unfortunately, it will affect more than just USB mice, anybody that doesn't select scroll mice will have the Xserver die on them -- and the modification can't be done on the live CD.

Im sorry, Im feeling stupid today, and I want to ,make sure. I have one of the red knobble mice on my IBM thinkpad. ANybody have any idea if this will work?

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Is it a built in touchpad or a usm mouse? the scrolling will only work with /dev/psaux mice

The best bet would be to burn a CD and see if you can get it working from boot, then, if everything works you can do a HD-install

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