Messages in this thread | | | From | "P. Christeas" <> | Subject | Re: Synaptics support kills my mouse | Date | Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:46:14 +0300 |
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It is true, 2.5.73 unconditionally detects and tries to use the Syn. Touchpad in 'absolute mode'. I wouldn't blame the authors of the module, however. They are already doing a great job :).
I 've read the code to see what's wrong and found that the problem is that the Touchpad itself doesn't report any data to the PS/2 port. The code still looks conforming to the specs. However, you shouldn't give up 2.5.73 because of that. You can still use the PS/2 compatibility mode o Compile the ps mouse as a module "psmouse" o Arrange so that the module is loaded with the option "psmouse_noext=1" o Have gpm and X (you can even use both of them) read /dev/input/mice as an exps2 or imps2 mouse (Intellimouse Explorer PS/2) .
I don't think the "event interface" has any support yet. Nor the synaptics driver. Reading from /dev/input/mice means that the psmouse module doesn't have to be loaded before X starts. You can safely rmmod/modprobe the module while X run. You may find that tapping with the finger may not work (produce 'click' effect). I hope next release will have a fix (contact me in personal until the official patch is out).
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