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    SubjectRe: PROBLEM: PS/2 mouse wart does not work, while scratch pad does.
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    Take.Vos@binary-magic.com said:
    > hardware:DELL Inspiron 8100

    > The internal scratch pad works, but the internal wart mouse doesn't,
    > in the BIOS it is set to use both devices for input. This is tested
    > with both Xfree86 and running cat on /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/
    > mouse0 and /dev/input/event0.

    Probing for various other PS/2 extensions appears to confuse the thing such
    that the clitmouse no longer works. If we probe for it first and then abort
    the other probes, it seems happier...

    --- 1.16/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c Tue Oct 8 11:51:30 2002
    +++ edited/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c Wed Oct 23 00:39:06 2002
    @@ -311,6 +311,26 @@
    if (psmouse_noext)
    return PSMOUSE_PS2;

    +/*
    + * Try Synaptics TouchPad magic ID
    + */
    +
    + param[0] = 0;
    + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
    + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
    + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
    + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETRES);
    + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_GETINFO);
    +
    + if (param[1] == 0x47) {
    + /* We could do more here. But it's sufficient just
    + to stop the subsequent probes from screwing the
    + thing up. */
    + psmouse->vendor = "Synaptics";
    + psmouse->name = "TouchPad";
    + return PSMOUSE_PS2;
    + }
    +
    /*
    * Try Genius NetMouse magic init.
    */

    --
    dwmw2


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