autoconfigure mouse when swtiching back between 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake b/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
index 47e0bcd98..6e95cfdf4 100755
--- a/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
+++ b/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use lib qw(/usr/lib/libDrakX);
 use strict;
 use diagnostics;
 use standalone;     #- warning, standalone must be loaded very first, for 'explanations'
+use c;
 use common;
 use interactive;
 use detect_devices;
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ $last_boot_config .= '_X11' if $invert_do_it;
 
 modules::mergein_conf('/etc/modules.conf');
 
+# autoreconfigure the mouse on major kernel change:
+my $prev_kernel = { getVarsFromSh("$hw_sysconfdir/kernel") }->{KERNEL};
+my $curr_kernel = c::kernel_version();
+$curr_kernel =~ s/(^\d+\.\d+).*/\1/;
+setVarsInSh("$hw_sysconfdir/kernel", KERNEL => $curr_kernel);
+system("mousedrake --auto") if $curr_kernel ne $prev_kernel;
+
 if (find { $_->{driver} =~ /Card:NVIDIA/ } detect_devices::probeall()) {
     if (find { -e join('', "/lib/modules/", c::kernel_version(), "/kernel/drivers/$_") }  map { ("video/$_", "char/$_") } qw(NVdriver nvidia.o nvidia.o.gz nvidia.ko nvidia.ko.gz)) {
         # log::explanations("switch XFree86 driver from nv to nvidia");