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Hello,
Bradley Hook wrote:
> Your problem is probably that the USB HID kernel driver is binding the
> touchpad before the appletouch driver can. Since all of my drivers are
> compiled in (not modules), I had to add this to my bootup scripts to
> make it work:
>
> echo "Attempting to ensure Synaptics driver will work..."
> if [ -f /sys/bus/usb/drivers/appletouch/bind ]; then
> echo -n 2-2:1.1 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind
> echo -n 2-2:1.1 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/appletouch/bind
> fi
>
> If you have the drivers compiled as modules, you can just ensure that
> the appletouch driver gets loaded before the usbhid driver does.
Not needed anymore, with recent vanilla kernel, or mactel patched kernel.
> NOTE: My mac is a MBP17CD (not a c2d). The exact USB bus numbers may be
> different on yours (i.e., the 2-2:1.1 part).
>
> ~Bradley
>
> KLessou wrote:
>> I can't use my synaptics touchpad, I have got this mistake (with my macbook
>> c2d):
>>
>> (EE) Synaptics Touchpad no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater
>> device
>> (EE) Synaptics Touchpad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
>> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics Touchpad"
I use something like this on my gentoo, it's the best way I've found so
far. (if you have /dev/input/by-id/* on your system).
Best regards,
Nicolas
# Trackpad with appletouch driver
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "appletouch"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device"
"/dev/input/by-id/usb-Apple_Computer_Apple_Internal_Keyboard_._Trackpad-event-mouse"
Option "Protocol" "event"
Option "LeftEdge" "0"
Option "RightEdge" "1100"
Option "TopEdge" "0"
Option "BottomEdge" "330"
Option "FingerLow" "55"
Option "FingerHigh" "60"
Option "MaxTapTime" "100"
Option "MaxTapMove" "20"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "30"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "30"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.4"
Option "MaxSpeed" "2.0"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.03"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
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