Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem

2018-11-18 Thread Fred Smith
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 09:16:23AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 11/12/18 6:50 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >looking in dmesg output for subsets of that I find: > >3.417773] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as > >/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input5 > ... > >all of which I take to mean it

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem

2018-11-18 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/12/18 6:50 PM, Fred Smith wrote: looking in dmesg output for subsets of that I find: 3.417773] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input5 ... all of which I take to mean it is an alps touchpad that is synaptics compatible. Any pointers on how to

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem

2018-11-12 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 04:07:47PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 11/11/18 4:31 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >Can any of you remind me how to find out the Synaptics model it is, > >and/or figure out if it would be expected (or not) to support two- > >finger scrolling? > > Start with: > >  dmesg |

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem

2018-11-12 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 11/11/18 4:31 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Can any of you remind me how to find out the Synaptics model it is, and/or figure out if it would be expected (or not) to support two- finger scrolling? Start with:  dmesg | egrep -i 'input:|mouse|synapt' ___

[CentOS] touchpad problem

2018-11-11 Thread Fred Smith
Hi all! I have a new-to-me (i.e., used) laptop and am having a problem making the touchpad behave. It is an old HP Elitebook 8530p, and I THINK it has a synaptics touchpad. But I don't remember how to get more specifics than that on Linux, lspci, lsusb and lshw don't tell me anything helpful.

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-09-03 Thread Ahmed
On 08/30/2013 12:32 PM, ken wrote: On 08/30/2013 09:24 PM Ahmed wrote: Weren't there any lines in your log files like this? (II) Loading/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ Weren't there any lines in your log files like this? (II) Loading/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ There are lot of lines that

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread brandon whitehead
Hello Ahmed, Nothing else besides kernel has changed? I'd reboot and revert to previous kernel to test the issue. -Brandon On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Ahmed ahmed.daud...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, i recently installed centos 6 64bit version on my HPProBook4530s Laptop. i then

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread ken
Also, for each boot instance, save off and compare /var/log/Xorg.0.log as this is where such problems will be reported. (To save off here, you should do something like cat Xorg.0.log Xlog.kernel.1.) On 08/30/2013 02:28 AM brandon whitehead wrote: Hello Ahmed, Nothing else besides kernel

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread Ahmed
On 08/30/2013 02:56 AM, ken wrote: Also, for each boot instance, save off and compare /var/log/Xorg.0.log as this is where such problems will be reported. (To save off here, you should do something like cat Xorg.0.log Xlog.kernel.1.) On 08/30/2013 02:28 AM brandon whitehead wrote: Hello

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread ken
On 08/30/2013 01:31 PM Ahmed wrote: On 08/30/2013 02:56 AM, ken wrote: Also, for each boot instance, save off and compare /var/log/Xorg.0.log as this is where such problems will be reported. (To save off here, you should do something like cat Xorg.0.log Xlog.kernel.1.) On 08/30/2013

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread ken
On 08/30/2013 01:31 PM Ahmed wrote: On 08/30/2013 02:56 AM, ken wrote: Also, for each boot instance, save off and compare /var/log/Xorg.0.log as this is where such problems will be reported. (To save off here, you should do something like cat Xorg.0.log Xlog.kernel.1.) On 08/30/2013

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread Ahmed
On 08/30/2013 11:51 AM, ken wrote: On 08/30/2013 01:31 PM Ahmed wrote: On 08/30/2013 02:56 AM, ken wrote: Also, for each boot instance, save off and compare /var/log/Xorg.0.log as this is where such problems will be reported. (To save off here, you should do something like cat

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread ken
On 08/30/2013 09:24 PM Ahmed wrote: Weren't there any lines in your log files like this? (II) Loading/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ Weren't there any lines in your log files like this? (II) Loading/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ There are lot of lines that contains info about different

Re: [CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-30 Thread Waleed Harbi
Try chose the old kernel via grub after you reboot your laptop. -- Cheers! Waleed Harbi * * In business do not look for credits, look for innovation! On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:32 PM, ken geb...@mousecar.com wrote: On 08/30/2013 09:24 PM Ahmed wrote: Weren't there any

[CentOS] touchpad problem?

2013-08-29 Thread Ahmed
Hi there, i recently installed centos 6 64bit version on my HPProBook4530s Laptop. i then issued the command to update the kernel only. it updated the kernel to latest stable 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 kernel. After update what i got is that my touchpad is not working. i am 1000%