CentOS - Jul 2014 - centos plus kernel - moving it in and back out again

I have been reading the bug reports about the problem with initializing Logitech
wireless devices using the current stock Centos 7 kernel.  It's my
understanding that this issue will be fixed in the Centos Plus kernel.

However, I suspect that the issue will also be fixed at some point when Red Hat
get around to fixing their kernel as well.

My main computer has a Logitech wireless mouse that's likely affected by the
bug, though I haven't tried it yet to verify that.

One of these days I intend to get around to installing Centos 7 on this
computer, and this will then become an issue.

If I install Centos 7 and then the Centos Plus kernel to get the Logitech bug
fix, what happens when the stock Centos 7 kernel also gets the bug fix applied? 
Will a standard "yum update" automatically find and download the new
stock Centos 7 kernel and set everything up to it instead of the Centos Plus
kernel?

I suppose I could go and hunt down a different mouse to use on this computer
until the issue is resolved upstream, too.

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On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at
melvilletheatre.com> wrote:
> I have been reading the bug reports about the problem with initializing
Logitech wireless devices using the current stock Centos 7 kernel.  It's my
understanding that this issue will be fixed in the Centos Plus kernel.
>
> However, I suspect that the issue will also be fixed at some point when Red
Hat get around to fixing their kernel as well.
>
> My main computer has a Logitech wireless mouse that's likely affected
by the bug, though I haven't tried it yet to verify that.
>
> One of these days I intend to get around to installing Centos 7 on this
computer, and this will then become an issue.
>
> If I install Centos 7 and then the Centos Plus kernel to get the Logitech
bug fix, what happens when the stock Centos 7 kernel also gets the bug fix
applied?  Will a standard "yum update" automatically find and download
the new stock Centos 7 kernel and set everything up to it instead of the Centos
Plus kernel?
>
> I suppose I could go and hunt down a different mouse to use on this
computer until the issue is resolved upstream, too.
Look in /etc/sysconfig/kernel. There is a line:

DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel

For the default kernel, you can select between kernel and kernel-plus
by adjusting that option.

Akemi

On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 17:19 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> I have been reading the bug reports about the problem with initializing
>  Logitech wireless devices using the current stock Centos 7 kernel.
>  It's my understanding that this issue will be fixed in the Centos Plus
>  kernel.
My first mouse, many years ago with an AT plug, cost me GBP 56 (circa
USD 90). These days I use on desktops, laptops, notebooks (all running
Centos of course) etc. mice costing circa GBP 3.00 including postage
from China. These cheap mice simply plug into a spare USB socket.
> My main computer has a Logitech wireless mouse that's likely affected
> by the bug, though I haven't tried it yet to verify that.
Get a cheap mouse from China - plug it into a USB socket then carry-on
working normally.



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Regards,

Paul.
England, EU.

   Centos, Exim, Apache, Libre Office.
   Linux is the future. Micro$oft is the past.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:19:22 -0600
Frank Cox wrote:
> My main computer has a Logitech wireless mouse that's likely affected
by the
> bug, though I haven't tried it yet to verify that.
My Logitech wireless mouse model M510 is NOT affected by this bug.  I just
plugged it into my laptop that I have Centos 7 installed on, and it works
perfectly.

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MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com