Cristian, good day. Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 01:26:41PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I just ran into the same problem. In xorg.conf I explicitly told the > >> synaptics driver to use "psm" and "/dev/psm0", but the error message > >> would > >> suggest that it uses "event". > >> > >> Also, I tried to change the source code of the synaptics driver > >> (synaptics.c) and hard-coded "psm" as the only driver, no matter what > >> xorg.conf says. Synaptics still would not start, but this time > >> complaining > >> that no device was specified. Please note that I had "Device" in my > >> xorg.conf, but the error suggests that the driver ignored it. > > Suppose I use the attached xorg.conf file, at some point, > /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows the following error: > > (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406) > Synaptics_Touchpad no synaptics event device found (checked 10 nodes) > Synaptics_Touchpad The /dev/input/event* device nodes seem to be missing > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: No Device specified. > Synaptics driver unable to open device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics_Touchpad" > (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" > > As you said, it looks like synaptics is trying to use the "auto" protocol, > although the configuration file tells it to use "psm". > > Now, if I put the attached patch in x11-drivers/synaptics/files, using the > same xorg.conf, synaptics will fail like this: > > (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406) > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: No Device specified. > Synaptics driver unable to open device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics_Touchpad" > (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" > > It almost looks as if I have to hardcode the device too, because synaptics > certainly ignores my options.
This is a sort of 'ping' mail, sorry. To the point: I had reproduced the problem and will start looking into it once this message will fly from my mailserver. Stay tuned ;)) -- Eygene _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
