On 7/8/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks I did read it. I'm afraid I do not understand the term "event" (as in event-node, event device, event protocol, etc.) and was not sure if it is a necessary precondition. Is a udev rule necessary?
The minimum you need is CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV in your kerrnel. In "make menuconfig", select Device Drivers->Input device support->Event Interface". This will give you device nodes /dev/input/eventN for your keyboard and mouse, in addition to /dev/input/mouseN and /dev/input/mice. You need to use a /dev/input/eventN node with the synaptics driver. As I mentioned in my email, I encountered a problem where the event nodes would switch around on me. For example, at one boot event0 would be my keyboard and event1 would be the trackpad, but on the next boot event0 would be the trackpad and event1 would be the keyboard. The custom udev rule fixed that particular problem. But you may never have the same problem, so this is optional. -Richard -- [email protected] mailing list
