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SubjectRe: Synaptics support kills my mouse
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Thomas Molina wrote:
> 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) .
>
> Further update. I can get the same effect/workaround by making the mouse
> support built in (my preference) and specifying the above option on the
> kernel options line.

You can, but I wouldn't recommend that. Having a module allows you to change
the behaviour runtime (even inside X).


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