On Apr 4, 2005 4:51 PM, Jaco Kroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Apr 4, 2005 3:35 PM, Jaco Kroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>As for loading the modules i8042, atkbd and psmouse (in that order): > >>black void of death. > >> > > Hmm.. remind me, if you boot with usb-handoff does it switch the i8042 > > into active multiplexing mode (you get 4 AUX serio ports)? > > > Checking my logs it actually looks like usb-handoff did get 4 ports. > With my patch, however, I only get: > > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 >
Ok, try booting with "usb-handoff i8042.nomux". If that cures death-on-reboot problem then Vojtech already has a patch in 2.6.12-rc1: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From the code I understand that this means that i8042_nomux != 0 or > i8042_check_mux() return != 0. So I assume that with the patch that > check_mux returns non-zero (and reversed logic means that 0 implies the > check succeeds, ie, it _fails_ with my patch installed). I don't know > which is the prefered mode of operation though (I guess MUX with 4 AUX > ports?). > Yes, with 4 ports your external mouse is independent from the touhpad. When you have only 1 port you can't use touchpad's extended mode together with an external mouse. > With my patch I do get the ALPS support though - something which I > didn't get with usb-handoff, nor with acpi=off, nor with simply hacking > out the AUX_LOOP and AUX_TEST tests and just assuming the hardware is > there (I saw ALPS yesterday for the first time in my life for that matter). > Hmm, I'd like to debug that once we resolve reboot problems. > OT: I think I prefer synaptics multi-finger tapping to the tapping in > specific locations to get right and middle clicking, but that is another > story that probably has nothing to do with the kernel, and quite likely > something that is configurable in the synaptics xorg driver. > You should be able to control that in xorg.conf. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/