Things have become a lot more intricate since I last did this. I have a Synaptics Touchpad and it looks like it's supported in GPM, but I haven't yet been able to get it to work. I don't know exactly what information to post to be helpful and may give too much. If so, I apologize.
This is the way I have the mouse stuff configured in my kernel: > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y > CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m > CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y > # CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set > I didn't set MOUSE_SERIAL because mine is on the pcie bus and 'lsmod' indicates that "psmouse" is loaded. I built and installed gpm with the instructions in BLFS-SVN and have tried four or five different options in /etc/sysconfig/mouse. Currently it reads: > MDEVICE=/dev/input/mouse0 > PROTOCOL=synps2 > GMPOPTS="" To get some info I ran 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices' and here are two lines of the output for the mouse: Name "SynPS/2 Synaptic Touchpad" Handlers mouse0 event7 Regardless of what I used for -m in 'gpm -m<device> -t -help,' nothing recommended synps2 which is the option for what I have. The gpm man-page talks about /etc/syn.conf and gives many, many flags for operating the touchpad. However, no documentation--that I've discovered thus far--indicates to install that file. I'm not in the habit of just putting a configuration file in without documentation to support it. But maybe I should in this case. When I boot, the daemon starts and if I tap my pad the "rectangle" appears in the middle of the screen, but it won't move and I can't "select." BTW I'm in a terminal and there is no X environment. I sure would appreciate guidance. Thanks, Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
