Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: synaptics driver | Date | Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:41:18 -0500 |
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On Sunday 11 July 2004 10:17 pm, Ari Pollak wrote: > Hi again. I just wanted to let you know that under 2.6.8-mm1, I'm still > experiencing the same synaptics-not-being-detected-at-system-startup bug > that happens with the newer input patches since earlier -mm kernels. > Sometimes my synaptics touchpad will get detected correctly (generally > after a cold reboot) and both my trackpoint & touchpad will work > properly, but other times (after warm reboot usually) the trackpoint > won't work, and the Synaptics X driver won't enable the extra touchpad > features. Removing & reloading the psmouse module after the system has > booted fixes the problem. With the more recent kernels, this seems to > happen even if psmouse is loaded before all the USB controller modules. >
Usually that happens because of USB Legacy emulation screws up Synaptics detection. You need to load your USB modules _before_ loading psmouse so uhci (or ohci) would disable the legacy mode before psmouse starts detection.
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