Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:26:14 -0600 (CST) | From | Thomas Molina <> | Subject | Re: Synaptics support kills my mouse |
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, P. Christeas wrote:
> 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) .
It is an ugly workaround, but it works. Thanks.
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