Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Inspiron 8100 Trackpoint/Touchpad issue (with solution?) | From | Arne Koewing <> | Date | Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:30:54 +0100 |
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Hi! As some people before I had the 'trackpoint does not work' problem after upgrading to 2.5.XX: That was:
the trackpoint of your dell won't work until: - hibernate and wake up the system again - plug in an external mouse (you may remove it immediately)
it seems that dells hardware is disabling the trackpoint if you probed for the touchpad. A device reset after probing does help, but I've no idea how this would affect other synaptics touchpad devices although I think most devices will not complain one extra reset.
Arne
patch included:
--- linux-2.5.65-old/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c 2003-03-05 04:29:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.5.65-dev/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c 2003-03-24 08:42:11.000000000 +0100 @@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ thing up. */ psmouse->vendor = "Synaptics"; psmouse->name = "TouchPad"; + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_RESET_BAT); + psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_ENABLE); return PSMOUSE_PS2; } | ![\](/images/icornerr.gif) |