retitle 653036 gpm: kernel version detection in debconf script fails for kernel 
>= 3
severity 653036 important
tags 653036 + patch
thanks

Hi

After checking the debconf script a bit further, I notice that the 
actual error conditions just triggers because this hunk fails to work 
properly on kernel >=3:
  case $KVER in
    Linux-2.6*)
      # Use the input layer by default.
      # The input layer also makes the gpm repeater rather moot.
      db_set gpm/device /dev/input/mice;
      db_set gpm/type exps2;
      db_set gpm/repeat_type none ;;
  esac

The attached patch fixes the version check, although the version part 
of it could be removed just as well, given that kernel <<2.6(.32) isn't
a supported configuration for Debian anymore.

Regards
        Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
diff -u gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.config gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.config
--- gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.config
+++ gpm-1.20.4/debian/gpm.config
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       db_set gpm/type autops2;;
   esac;
   case $KVER in
-    Linux-2.6*)
+    Linux-2.6*|Linux-[3-9]*)
       # Use the input layer by default.
       # The input layer also makes the gpm repeater rather moot.
       db_set gpm/device /dev/input/mice;

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