Re: synaptics touchpad stopped working in gnome
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 10:37:54AM +0100, ael wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 07:43:46PM -0700, Jan Hetges wrote: > > i'm running sid on a msi wind 100 with synaptics touchpad. > > since my last dist-upgrade yesterday, the touchpad is not working in > > gnome anymore, but still works fine in gdm-greeter, lxde and on console. > > > Does http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547001 help? > Scroll to the end. nope, it doesn't. and as i already mentioned, it generally works in X, just not in gnome. --Jan signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: synaptics touchpad stopped working in gnome
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 07:43:46PM -0700, Jan Hetges wrote: > i'm running sid on a msi wind 100 with synaptics touchpad. > since my last dist-upgrade yesterday, the touchpad is not working in > gnome anymore, but still works fine in gdm-greeter, lxde and on console. Does http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547001 help? Scroll to the end. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:21:49PM +0200, muzzle wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:35:47 +0200, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:33:26AM +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > > [...] > > If you have horizontal scrolling enabled (which I guess you have from > > your description) then mozilla will go back if you scroll left. > > > > The way it behaves for my alps (which uses the synaptics driver) is if I > > drag left along the bottom of the touchpad it goes back and right it > > goes forward. > > > > I don't see a way to disable it directly, but you can probably play with > > HorizScrollDelta or BottomEdge to disable it. > > > > Did you have any luck disabling horizzontal scrolling? I is really > annoying but I cant disable it, no matter. > Bye, > It was non-functional at first when I had BottomEdge set to the wrong value (IIRC it was too high), so it was unintentional, but the answer would be yes in this case. > Michele > > > > > > j. > [...] > > -- > "I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else" > Please consider signing the petitions to get MTV release all Daria > episodes on DVD: > http://www.petitiononline.com/dvdaria/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:35:47 +0200, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:33:26AM +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote: [...] > If you have horizontal scrolling enabled (which I guess you have from > your description) then mozilla will go back if you scroll left. > > The way it behaves for my alps (which uses the synaptics driver) is if I > drag left along the bottom of the touchpad it goes back and right it > goes forward. > > I don't see a way to disable it directly, but you can probably play with > HorizScrollDelta or BottomEdge to disable it. > Did you have any luck disabling horizzontal scrolling? I is really annoying but I cant disable it, no matter. Bye, Michele > > > j. [...] -- "I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else" Please consider signing the petitions to get MTV release all Daria episodes on DVD: http://www.petitiononline.com/dvdaria/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Piero Furiesi wrote: Hi all, I read all recent threads about Synaptics Touchpad (*), but I still have a little problem with it: cannot tap in text mode. Well, let me expose it... * The golden days: when my laptop (HPOmnibook XE3-GF) was running Debian stable, kernel 2.4.18, I succesfully used gpm (device /dev/psaux, type synps2, repeater on) and I could tap; I also created an /etc/gpm-syn.conf file (not documented in gpm package, but see http://www.bisente.com/programas/parches/gpm-synaptics/ficheros/gpm-syn.conf); under X, I simply used /dev/gpmdata (the gpm repeater device). All worked perfectly. * Today: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.8 (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=Y, CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=Y), mouse recognised at boot time as Synaptics PS/2 on, but. If you have CD burner on the computer: You will not be able to burn CD's in 2.6.8 (at least in 2.6.8-1 kernel) as a normal user. You would have to be root. This problem is not there in 2.6.7 kernel and reported alno not in 2.6.8-3(or4) kernel whose deb files are not available yet IIRC. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Piero Furiesi wrote: Hi all, I read all recent threads about Synaptics Touchpad (*), but I still have a little problem with it: cannot tap in text mode. Well, let me expose it... * The golden days: when my laptop (HPOmnibook XE3-GF) was running Debian stable, kernel 2.4.18, I succesfully used gpm (device /dev/psaux, type synps2, repeater on) and I could tap; I also created an /etc/gpm-syn.conf file (not documented in gpm package, but see http://www.bisente.com/programas/parches/gpm-synaptics/ficheros/gpm-syn.conf); under X, I simply used /dev/gpmdata (the gpm repeater device). All worked perfectly. * Today: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.8 (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=Y, CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=Y), mouse recognised at boot time as Synaptics PS/2 on, but. - UNDER XWINDOW, no problem with xfree86-driver-synaptics.deb installed & /etc/XF86Config-4 edited as documented; a very good driver, many thanks to all developers and mantainers! :-O - IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2, losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. Anyone can help? Bye, Piero Furiesi (*)I read threads started by: ".: Alex Budianto :."; "jyb"; "The Durston-Smiths"; and "Filipe Santa-Clara". I installed Debian Unstable recently on a new Dell Inspiron 5160. Most of the stuff is working. Synaptics needed some work, but the portion of XF86Config from here worked (with touches, simulated right click and middle click, click and drag, etc.; meaning no need to click the button near the touchpad): http://www.ok--computer.com/linux/asus/XF86Config-4 http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1582 Let me know if this doesn't help, I can give more details what I did. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [solved] Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
Am Dienstag, 12. Oktober 2004 19:55 schrieb Derek Broughton: > On Tuesday 12 October 2004 14:21, Tobias Kraus wrote: > > it actually _is_ a bios problem. If I deactivate "USB BIOS > > Support" (no "USB legacy support" in my BIOS as mentioned in the > > tread) I can leave the mouse plugged in during boot. But then I > > cannot use the mouse in the BIOS. The problem was that the BIOS > > "help" only said sth about deactivating boot from USB > > diskette/CDROM. > > That doesn't make it a BIOS problem. It means that you have found > a workaround that works for you that involves turning off the BIOS > support. I cannot say whether it's a "solution" or "workaround". If I had the WinXPPro installed that was shipped with the laptop I could figure out... Maybe that's the behaviour of the BIOS to hide the touchpad from the OS if a USB mouse is plugged in. Wait, my girlfriend had an IBM-laptop and depending on when she plugged the PS/2 mouse either both (trackpin + mouse) or just the mouse worked in Windows2k... It was an older model, maybe X series. Cannot tell right now... > > > My configuration for the archive: > > - Disable "USB BIOS Support" > > - psmouse compiled in the kernel (2.6.4) > > - uhci/ehci compiled as module > > - no hotplug (as it is started after init it should not matter if > > it runs - at that point psmouse knows about the touchpad) > > Compile uhci, hid, evdev & psmouse as modules, and load them in > that order in /etc/modules, and you should be able to use either did do this. Didn't work. > the USB or touchpad mice _and_ hotplug. My hotplug is deactivated as I don't need it. But I _think_ it should not matter if it is used (untested). Tobias > > A solution that involves "no hotplug" would be useless for me. > I've got 6 hotpluggable devices that _must_ be hotplugged, because > I don't have enough power to turn them on when I'm not using them. > -- > derek -- Diese Email-Adresse dient nur als Spam-Ziel. Nachrichten an diese Adresse werden nicht gelesen! This email address is a spam-tarpit. Mails sent to this address are not read! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [solved] Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
On Tuesday 12 October 2004 14:21, Tobias Kraus wrote: > it actually _is_ a bios problem. If I deactivate "USB BIOS > Support" (no "USB legacy support" in my BIOS as mentioned in the > tread) I can leave the mouse plugged in during boot. But then I > cannot use the mouse in the BIOS. The problem was that the BIOS > "help" only said sth about deactivating boot from USB diskette/CDROM. That doesn't make it a BIOS problem. It means that you have found a workaround that works for you that involves turning off the BIOS support. > My configuration for the archive: > - Disable "USB BIOS Support" > - psmouse compiled in the kernel (2.6.4) > - uhci/ehci compiled as module > - no hotplug (as it is started after init it should not matter if it > runs - at that point psmouse knows about the touchpad) Compile uhci, hid, evdev & psmouse as modules, and load them in that order in /etc/modules, and you should be able to use either the USB or touchpad mice _and_ hotplug. A solution that involves "no hotplug" would be useless for me. I've got 6 hotpluggable devices that _must_ be hotplugged, because I don't have enough power to turn them on when I'm not using them. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[solved] Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
Am Dienstag, 12. Oktober 2004 14:35 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 01:54:47PM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote: > [...] > > > unfortunately this is _not_ a typo :-( > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I _think_ the touchpad is is > > deactivated if at a certain point of the POST the mouse is found > > by the BIOS. After that the BIOS does not change the state of the > > tp any more. Actually, the problem exists if I plug the mouse in > > _after_ the kernel is loaded by grub and decompressed. > > take a look at this thread and follow the links to the lkml for a > full explanation: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/09/msg00277.html Hi Mattia, hi all, it actually _is_ a bios problem. If I deactivate "USB BIOS Support" (no "USB legacy support" in my BIOS as mentioned in the tread) I can leave the mouse plugged in during boot. But then I cannot use the mouse in the BIOS. The problem was that the BIOS "help" only said sth about deactivating boot from USB diskette/CDROM. My configuration for the archive: - Disable "USB BIOS Support" - psmouse compiled in the kernel (2.6.4) - uhci/ehci compiled as module - no hotplug (as it is started after init it should not matter if it runs - at that point psmouse knows about the touchpad) Thanks to all for helping! Tobias > > hth > -- > mattia > > :wq! -- Diese Email-Adresse dient nur als Spam-Ziel. Nachrichten an diese Adresse werden nicht gelesen! This email address is a spam-tarpit. Mails sent to this address are not read! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
On Monday 11 October 2004 06:35, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > Unless you made a typo, it IS a BIOS problem > > > touchpad is DEactivated as another pointer device is found > > (emphasis mine) > > This caught me once as well. The BIOS turned my USB mouse into a PS/2 > mouose, when it was found during the system boot. In turn, the real PS/2 > mouse got ignored. Not at all. As many of us have found it is not something that happens at boot time, it's well into the init process and can be fixed by getting the modules loaded in the right order in /etc/modules -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
Am Dienstag, 12. Oktober 2004 14:35 schrieb Mattia Dongili: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 01:54:47PM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote: > [...] > > > unfortunately this is _not_ a typo :-( > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I _think_ the touchpad is is > > deactivated if at a certain point of the POST the mouse is found > > by the BIOS. After that the BIOS does not change the state of the > > tp any more. Actually, the problem exists if I plug the mouse in > > _after_ the kernel is loaded by grub and decompressed. > > take a look at this thread and follow the links to the lkml for a > full explanation: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/09/msg00277.html thanks! I'll check that. Looks good that this will solve the problem. Tobias > > hth > -- > mattia > > :wq! -- Diese Email-Adresse dient nur als Spam-Ziel. Nachrichten an diese Adresse werden nicht gelesen! This email address is a spam-tarpit. Mails sent to this address are not read! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 01:54:47PM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote: [...] > unfortunately this is _not_ a typo :-( > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I _think_ the touchpad is is deactivated > if at a certain point of the POST the mouse is found by the BIOS. > After that the BIOS does not change the state of the tp any more. > Actually, the problem exists if I plug the mouse in _after_ the kernel > is loaded by grub and decompressed. take a look at this thread and follow the links to the lkml for a full explanation: http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/09/msg00277.html hth -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
Am Montag, 11. Oktober 2004 11:35 schrieb Juraj Ziegler: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 10:40:40AM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote: > > Hi ML, > > my synaptics touchpad works ok as long as I my USB mouse is not > > plugged in when psmouse loads. In this case, the kernel reports > > that the touchpad is found and everything works fine. > > If I plug in the USB mouse during boot before psmouse is > > initialized, psmouse does not recognize the touchpad. When I plug > > it in afterwards, both touchpad and mouse works fine. > > It is not a BIOS problem (touchpad is deactivated as another > > pointer device is found), as the problem exists if I plug the > > mouse in just after the kernel is started by grub, but before > > psmouse is loaded. > > Unless you made a typo, it IS a BIOS problem > > > touchpad is DEactivated as another pointer device is found > > (emphasis mine) > unfortunately this is _not_ a typo :-( Correct me if I'm wrong, but I _think_ the touchpad is is deactivated if at a certain point of the POST the mouse is found by the BIOS. After that the BIOS does not change the state of the tp any more. Actually, the problem exists if I plug the mouse in _after_ the kernel is loaded by grub and decompressed. > This caught me once as well. The BIOS turned my USB mouse into a > PS/2 mouose, when it was found during the system boot. In turn, the > real PS/2 mouse got ignored. my mouse _is_ recognised as USB-mouse. > > j. Tobias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse
On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 10:40:40AM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote: > Hi ML, > my synaptics touchpad works ok as long as I my USB mouse is not > plugged in when psmouse loads. In this case, the kernel reports that > the touchpad is found and everything works fine. > If I plug in the USB mouse during boot before psmouse is initialized, > psmouse does not recognize the touchpad. When I plug it in > afterwards, both touchpad and mouse works fine. > It is not a BIOS problem (touchpad is deactivated as another pointer > device is found), as the problem exists if I plug the mouse in just > after the kernel is started by grub, but before psmouse is loaded. Unless you made a typo, it IS a BIOS problem touchpad is DEactivated as another pointer device is found (emphasis mine) This caught me once as well. The BIOS turned my USB mouse into a PS/2 mouose, when it was found during the system boot. In turn, the real PS/2 mouse got ignored. j. -- __ "We did a risk management review. We concluded that there was no risk of any management." -- Dilbert :wq signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 03:09:49PM +0200, Piero Furiesi wrote: [...] > Maybe is testing distro gpm's fault (as the woody's one let me tap)? afaik debian's gpm still doesn't support the evedev interface of 2.6 kernels. You can find some patches around[1]. They are pretty old and I didn't test them. Also, they are against gpm-1.20 and debian still has gpm-1.19 hth [1]: http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/gpm.html -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
>Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel. Even though I >don't use gpm, it brought back the taping funcionality to X. Use of psmouse.proto=imps causes Synaptics not to be found on boot; so I think I'll continue to use xfree86-driver-synaptics under X and 'gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 -3', with no tapping in console... Maybe is testing distro gpm's fault (as the woody's one let me tap)? bye Piero
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 10:33:26AM +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote: > Piero Furiesi wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >I read all recent threads about Synaptics Touchpad (*), but I still > >have a little problem with it: cannot tap in text mode. Well, let me > >expose it... > > > > > >* The golden days: when my laptop (HPOmnibook XE3-GF) was running Debian > >stable, kernel 2.4.18, I succesfully used gpm (device /dev/psaux, type > >synps2, repeater on) and I could tap; I also created an /etc/gpm-syn.conf > >file (not documented in gpm package, but see > >http://www.bisente.com/programas/parches/gpm-synaptics/ficheros/gpm-syn.conf); > >under X, I simply used /dev/gpmdata (the gpm repeater device). All worked perfectly. > > > > > >* Today: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.8 (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=Y, > >CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=Y), > >mouse recognised at boot time as Synaptics PS/2 on, but. > > > >- UNDER XWINDOW, no problem with xfree86-driver-synaptics.deb > >installed & /etc/XF86Config-4 edited as documented; a very good > >driver, many thanks to all developers and mantainers! :-O > > > >- IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with > >device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2, > >losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with > >type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I > >see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. > > > >Anyone can help? > > Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel. Even though I > don't use gpm, it brought back the taping funcionality to X. I don't use > the extra xfree86-driver-synaptics driver, it made Mozilla go to previous > pages for no apparent reasons. > If you have horizontal scrolling enabled (which I guess you have from your description) then mozilla will go back if you scroll left. The way it behaves for my alps (which uses the synaptics driver) is if I drag left along the bottom of the touchpad it goes back and right it goes forward. I don't see a way to disable it directly, but you can probably play with HorizScrollDelta or BottomEdge to disable it. > j. > > -- > __ > "We did a risk management review. We concluded that there was no risk of > any management." -- Dilbert > :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Juraj Ziegler wrote (Wed 2004-Oct-06 10:33:26 +0200):
> >- IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with
> >device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2,
> >losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with
> >type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I
> >see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages.
> >
> >Anyone can help?
>
> Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel...
Oh, what a glorious day! Thanks for that hint.
For the record and those people using "psmouse" as a module: Try
unloading the module ("modprobe -r psmouse"), then load it with
the parameter suggested ("modprobe psmouse proto=imps"). My gpm
is reading from "/dev/psaux" with "-t imps2" and now works again
just like it did back in the good old days using a kernel
<2.6.1.
The cleanest way to permanently change this setting would
probably be a change to some file below "/etc/modutils" -- can
anyone help? Adding a line "psmouse proto=imps" to
"/etc/modules" would be a simple way to start with.
Cheers,
Marcus
--
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Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Piero Furiesi wrote: Hi all, I read all recent threads about Synaptics Touchpad (*), but I still have a little problem with it: cannot tap in text mode. Well, let me expose it... * The golden days: when my laptop (HPOmnibook XE3-GF) was running Debian stable, kernel 2.4.18, I succesfully used gpm (device /dev/psaux, type synps2, repeater on) and I could tap; I also created an /etc/gpm-syn.conf file (not documented in gpm package, but see http://www.bisente.com/programas/parches/gpm-synaptics/ficheros/gpm-syn.conf); under X, I simply used /dev/gpmdata (the gpm repeater device). All worked perfectly. * Today: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.8 (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=Y, CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=Y), mouse recognised at boot time as Synaptics PS/2 on, but. - UNDER XWINDOW, no problem with xfree86-driver-synaptics.deb installed & /etc/XF86Config-4 edited as documented; a very good driver, many thanks to all developers and mantainers! :-O - IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2, losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. Anyone can help? Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel. Even though I don't use gpm, it brought back the taping funcionality to X. I don't use the extra xfree86-driver-synaptics driver, it made Mozilla go to previous pages for no apparent reasons. j. -- __ "We did a risk management review. We concluded that there was no risk of any management." -- Dilbert :wq signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Juraj Ziegler wrote (Wed 2004-Oct-06 10:33:26 +0200):
> >- IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with
> >device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2,
> >losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with
> >type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I
> >see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages.
> >
> >Anyone can help?
>
> Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel...
Oh, what a glorious day! Thanks for that hint.
For the record and those people using "psmouse" as a module: Try
unloading the module ("modprobe -r psmouse"), then load it with
the parameter suggested ("modprobe psmouse proto=imps"). My gpm
is reading from "/dev/psaux" with "-t imps2" and now works again
just like it did back in the good old days using a kernel
<2.6.1.
The cleanest way to permanently change this setting would
probably be a change to some file below "/etc/modutils" -- can
anyone help? Adding a line "psmouse proto=imps" to
"/etc/modules" would be a simple way to start with.
Cheers,
Marcus
--
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Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko
Piero Furiesi wrote: Hi all, I read all recent threads about Synaptics Touchpad (*), but I still have a little problem with it: cannot tap in text mode. Well, let me expose it... * The golden days: when my laptop (HPOmnibook XE3-GF) was running Debian stable, kernel 2.4.18, I succesfully used gpm (device /dev/psaux, type synps2, repeater on) and I could tap; I also created an /etc/gpm-syn.conf file (not documented in gpm package, but see http://www.bisente.com/programas/parches/gpm-synaptics/ficheros/gpm-syn.conf); under X, I simply used /dev/gpmdata (the gpm repeater device). All worked perfectly. * Today: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.8 (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=Y, CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=Y, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=Y), mouse recognised at boot time as Synaptics PS/2 on, but. - UNDER XWINDOW, no problem with xfree86-driver-synaptics.deb installed & /etc/XF86Config-4 edited as documented; a very good driver, many thanks to all developers and mantainers! :-O - IN TEXT MODE: gpm works only with device=/dev/[psaux|input/mice|input/event0], type=imps2|autops2, losing tap functionality, third button, ecc. If I try with type=syn|synps2 and enable debugging (-D) and error printing (-e), I see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. Anyone can help? Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel. Even though I don't use gpm, it brought back the taping funcionality to X. I don't use the extra xfree86-driver-synaptics driver, it made Mozilla go to previous pages for no apparent reasons. j. -- __ "We did a risk management review. We concluded that there was no risk of any management." -- Dilbert :wq signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:01:03AM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:46 +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 > > > > > > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters > > stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one > > character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > > > > SYSLOG: > > > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > > reports too many keys pressed. > > Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times > > I have seen the same thing on a Toshiba Satellite 2140, and never found > out what it was. It was not load dependent, however it seemed to occur > more often when one was typing quickly, maybe hitting 2 keys at once > frequently. It seems to me that I have read a bug report (unresolved) > somewhere. Did you try bugs.debian.org? > Fortunately, the install was trashed, and the issue went away with a > sarge reinstall, using kernel-image 2.6.7. No idea why. > > FWIW, the keyboard had always been a problem on this laptop: When I > first installed woody on it, it would repeat keys. It turned out that > the keyboard hardware is buggy, and there was a kernel patch available. > The patch seems to have been integrated, and the issue went away (with a > high 2.4.x kernel IIRC). Also IIRC an X update (4.3?) was involved in > resolving the issue in some way. At the time I also read that such > keyboard problems are not unknown to Toshiba users in general. > > Maybe the 2 issues are unrelated, but at least they show that it may be > a hardware prob. > > Regards, M > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thank you for your message! I agree that it does not look like a load problem, and that it happens while typing quickly. Do you know if one has the same problem with a kernel 2.4.x? I have installed also a Mandrake 10 and there everything works properly (both mouse and keyboard) with the 2.4.x kernel. With the 2.6 kernel the mouse tapping doesn't work. I took a look at the page suggested by Mattia Dongili, http://www.thorstenhaas.de/toshiba2410/ There 5 methods are suggested to cure the keyboard problem. I tried the last 3 methods, one disablign Xkb, the others using two different ways of suppressing keyboard bouncing while using Xkb (with AccessX and xkbset respectively). None of them seem to work in my case (in fact my notebook is Satellite M30, while the page refers to 2410). I also tried the method suggested by Marco Kraus (http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm). He says that one should disable synaptics recognition, forcing PS/2 support. Therefore I removed xfree86-driver-synaptics and configured X to use IMPS/2. Kraus also suggests a correction (not very clear) in one of the Kernel source files. This seems to be already done in the present version of the kernel. Nevertheless all this didn't work. Unfortunately this problem is pretty annoying. I hope there are some other ways to try. Thank you very much Alessandro Ghigi
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:46 +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 > > > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters > stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one > character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > SYSLOG: > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports > too many keys pressed. > Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times I have seen the same thing on a Toshiba Satellite 2140, and never found out what it was. It was not load dependent, however it seemed to occur more often when one was typing quickly, maybe hitting 2 keys at once frequently. It seems to me that I have read a bug report (unresolved) somewhere. Did you try bugs.debian.org? Fortunately, the install was trashed, and the issue went away with a sarge reinstall, using kernel-image 2.6.7. No idea why. FWIW, the keyboard had always been a problem on this laptop: When I first installed woody on it, it would repeat keys. It turned out that the keyboard hardware is buggy, and there was a kernel patch available. The patch seems to have been integrated, and the issue went away (with a high 2.4.x kernel IIRC). Also IIRC an X update (4.3?) was involved in resolving the issue in some way. At the time I also read that such keyboard problems are not unknown to Toshiba users in general. Maybe the 2 issues are unrelated, but at least they show that it may be a hardware prob. Regards, M
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:46 +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 > > > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters stop > being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one character is > displayed a bunch of times, as in > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > SYSLOG: > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports too > many keys pressed. > Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times I have seen the same thing on a Toshiba Satellite 2140, and never found out what it was. It was not load dependent, however it seemed to occur more often when one was typing quickly, maybe hitting 2 keys at once frequently. It seems to me that I have read a bug report (unresolved) somewhere. Did you try bugs.debian.org? Fortunately, the install was trashed, and the issue went away with a sarge reinstall, using kernel-image 2.6.7. No idea why. FWIW, the keyboard had always been a problem on this laptop: When I first installed woody on it, it would repeat keys. It turned out that the keyboard hardware is buggy, and there was a kernel patch available. The patch seems to have been integrated, and the issue went away (with a high 2.4.x kernel IIRC). Also IIRC an X update (4.3?) was involved in resolving the issue in some way. At the time I also read that such keyboard problems are not unknown to Toshiba users in general. Maybe the 2 issues are unrelated, but at least they show that it may be a hardware prob. Regards, M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:51:01PM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:57:44AM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > This is my touchpad: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices > > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= > > N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" > > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 > > B: EV=b > > B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > B: ABS=1103 > > > > And this is XFree86.0.log while X and synaptics driver running (see > > below). Are there any parameters that look bad? > > No... Actually, looking at other pages dealing with M30 configuration it > seems this is a known problem of the keyboard controller: > http://www.thorstenhaas.de/toshiba2410/#KEYBOARD > > I can't help here but the above page seems to report many usefull > solutions :) Thank you very much for this link! I'll check the page. > > hth > PS: please let the discussion continue on the list, not privately only Sorry, I forgot to CC to the list, before. Alessandro > -- > mattia > :wq! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:57:44AM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > Hi! > > This is my touchpad: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= > N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 > B: EV=b > B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > B: ABS=1103 > > And this is XFree86.0.log while X and synaptics driver running (see > below). Are there any parameters that look bad? No... Actually, looking at other pages dealing with M30 configuration it seems this is a known problem of the keyboard controller: http://www.thorstenhaas.de/toshiba2410/#KEYBOARD I can't help here but the above page seems to report many usefull solutions :) hth PS: please let the discussion continue on the list, not privately only -- mattia :wq!
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hello, am Dienstag, 24. August 2004 15:33 schriebst Du: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:08:08PM +0200, Robin Haunschild wrote: > > > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 > > > > Sorry, I don't know this model. Which CPU, how many RAM, ... does is > > have? How large is Your SWAP-partiton? > > CPU = Centrino 1400 MHz > RAM = 512Mb (KDE Info Center says 504) > SWAP = 494 Mb > If I remember correctly, the RAM is split in two 256 pieces. > > > > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the > > > characters stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. > > > Very often one character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > > > > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw > > >;er9 vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > > > > > > > SYSLOG: > > > > > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > > > > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > > > reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message > > > repeated 3 times I have this message sometimes on my Athlon-700, when my RAM is full and it needs to swap. Do You have DMA-acceleration enabled? On my Athlon-700it is disabled because of problems with my chipset. > > How high is Your system load when this error occurs? > > Itt (!) just occured and the average CPU Load > accoarding to KDE System Guard is extremely low, close to 0. Moreover the > load was less than 20% for the last 30 seconds (I am no expert, but I hope > what I am saying is correct). This problem occurs very often, while I What does top say when it occurs? On my Athlon-700 KMail needs many resources. > usually have only simple applications running, like X, KDE, Emacs and > Konqueror. No strange processes at all, I guess. KDE is heavy but IMHO a Centrino 1400 should be able to handle this. ;) > Right now KDE Info Center says: > > Physical memory: 10% (=51 Mb)free, 59% disk cache, 22% application data, > Swap space: 76% free, 23% used. > > Do you have any idea? Except my system load idea, no, sorry. Greetings, Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:51:01PM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:57:44AM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > This is my touchpad: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices > > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= > > N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" > > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 > > B: EV=b > > B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > B: ABS=1103 > > > > And this is XFree86.0.log while X and synaptics driver running (see > > below). Are there any parameters that look bad? > > No... Actually, looking at other pages dealing with M30 configuration it > seems this is a known problem of the keyboard controller: > http://www.thorstenhaas.de/toshiba2410/#KEYBOARD > > I can't help here but the above page seems to report many usefull > solutions :) Thank you very much for this link! I'll check the page. > > hth > PS: please let the discussion continue on the list, not privately only Sorry, I forgot to CC to the list, before. Alessandro > -- > mattia > :wq! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:57:44AM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > Hi! > > This is my touchpad: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= > N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0 > B: EV=b > B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > B: ABS=1103 > > And this is XFree86.0.log while X and synaptics driver running (see > below). Are there any parameters that look bad? No... Actually, looking at other pages dealing with M30 configuration it seems this is a known problem of the keyboard controller: http://www.thorstenhaas.de/toshiba2410/#KEYBOARD I can't help here but the above page seems to report many usefull solutions :) hth PS: please let the discussion continue on the list, not privately only -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hello, am Dienstag, 24. August 2004 15:33 schriebst Du: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:08:08PM +0200, Robin Haunschild wrote: > > > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 > > > > Sorry, I don't know this model. Which CPU, how many RAM, ... does is > > have? How large is Your SWAP-partiton? > > CPU = Centrino 1400 MHz > RAM = 512Mb (KDE Info Center says 504) > SWAP = 494 Mb > If I remember correctly, the RAM is split in two 256 pieces. > > > > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the > > > characters stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. > > > Very often one character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > > > > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw > > >;er9 vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > > > > > > > SYSLOG: > > > > > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > > > > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > > > reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message > > > repeated 3 times I have this message sometimes on my Athlon-700, when my RAM is full and it needs to swap. Do You have DMA-acceleration enabled? On my Athlon-700it is disabled because of problems with my chipset. > > How high is Your system load when this error occurs? > > Itt (!) just occured and the average CPU Load > accoarding to KDE System Guard is extremely low, close to 0. Moreover the > load was less than 20% for the last 30 seconds (I am no expert, but I hope > what I am saying is correct). This problem occurs very often, while I What does top say when it occurs? On my Athlon-700 KMail needs many resources. > usually have only simple applications running, like X, KDE, Emacs and > Konqueror. No strange processes at all, I guess. KDE is heavy but IMHO a Centrino 1400 should be able to handle this. ;) > Right now KDE Info Center says: > > Physical memory: 10% (=51 Mb)free, 59% disk cache, 22% application data, > Swap space: 76% free, 23% used. > > Do you have any idea? Except my system load idea, no, sorry. Greetings, Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hello, am Dienstag, 24. August 2004 12:46 schrieb Alessandro Ghigi: > In the hope that somebody can give some suggestion related to a problem > already mentioned in the message below, I add the following information. > > > > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 Sorry, I don't know this model. Which CPU, how many RAM, ... does is have? How large is Your SWAP-partiton? > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters > stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one > character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9 >vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > SYSLOG: > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message > repeated 3 times > How high is Your system load when this error occurs? [...] Greetings, Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
In the hope that somebody can give some suggestion related to a problem already mentioned in the message below, I add the following information. SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one character is displayed a bunch of times, as in /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 SYSLOG: When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times KEYBOARD: While cat /proc/bus/input/devices yields I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 H: Handlers=kbd event1 B: EV=120003 B: KEY=4 200 3802078 f840d001 f2df ffef fffe B: LED=7 Thanks Alessandro On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 04:16:32PM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > Hi. > > I have a Debian SARGE on a Toshiba Satellite M30. > I have a 2.6.7 kernel and various nvidia related debs. > I also installed xfree86-driver-synaptics. > > > I have the following PROBLEMS: > > 1) when I touch the touchpad (not the button) it often does not respond, and > I have to touch again several times with increased strength. > 2) when I type on the keuboard, very often the characters are not recognized > (I guess), they stop being displayed on the terminal. Sometimes they just get > displayed after a while, some other times one of them is repeated for a bunch > of times. > > I checked the page of Marco Kraus: > http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm > and found he also had problem (2), together with suggestions to correct them. > He in fact advises not to install the synaptic driver, and to recompile the > kernel after some changes by hand in some of the .c files of the kernel. He > uses a Linux-original 2.6.8 kernel. > > I wonder if some other (and possibly more standard) way is available now > (since Kraus' page is some 4 months old). Since I am no expert, I would much > prefer to stick to a more Debian-standard approach. > > Thank you very much in advance > > Alessandro Ghigi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hello, am Dienstag, 24. August 2004 12:46 schrieb Alessandro Ghigi: > In the hope that somebody can give some suggestion related to a problem > already mentioned in the message below, I add the following information. > > > > SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 Sorry, I don't know this model. Which CPU, how many RAM, ... does is have? How large is Your SWAP-partiton? > PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters > stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one > character is displayed a bunch of times, as in > > /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9 >vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 > > > SYSLOG: > > When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: > > Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 > reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message > repeated 3 times > How high is Your system load when this error occurs? [...] Greetings, Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
In the hope that somebody can give some suggestion related to a problem already mentioned in the message below, I add the following information. SETUP: Sarge with kernel 2.6.8 on Toshiba Satellite M30 PROBLEM: while typing (both with X and on console) sometimes the characters stop being displayed, and they reappear after a little way. Very often one character is displayed a bunch of times, as in /wrtiw/ret.sdfkjsbdf.vkmsbdkgu;veo8rvcw;er9vcwn'ernw89vcn'p9cw8e'rp9 SYSLOG: When the keyboard has the problem, /var/log/syslog gives reports: Aug 24 07:54:58 localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Keyboard on isa0060/serio0 reports too many keys pressed. Aug 24 07:55:01 localhost last message repeated 3 times KEYBOARD: While cat /proc/bus/input/devices yields I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41 N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0 H: Handlers=kbd event1 B: EV=120003 B: KEY=4 200 3802078 f840d001 f2df ffef fffe B: LED=7 Thanks Alessandro On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 04:16:32PM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > Hi. > > I have a Debian SARGE on a Toshiba Satellite M30. > I have a 2.6.7 kernel and various nvidia related debs. > I also installed xfree86-driver-synaptics. > > > I have the following PROBLEMS: > > 1) when I touch the touchpad (not the button) it often does not respond, and I have > to touch again several times with increased strength. > 2) when I type on the keuboard, very often the characters are not recognized (I > guess), they stop being displayed on the terminal. Sometimes they just get displayed > after a while, some other times one of them is repeated for a bunch of times. > > I checked the page of Marco Kraus: > http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm > and found he also had problem (2), together with suggestions to correct them. He in > fact advises not to install the synaptic driver, and to recompile the kernel after > some changes by hand in some of the .c files of the kernel. He uses a Linux-original > 2.6.8 kernel. > > I wonder if some other (and possibly more standard) way is available now (since > Kraus' page is some 4 months old). Since I am no expert, I would much prefer to > stick to a more Debian-standard approach. > > Thank you very much in advance > > Alessandro Ghigi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 04:22:38PM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > Hi. > > I think the Touchpad is Synaptics V5.9 (this is what windows says. I > know no other ways to check, alas). you can check with # cat /proc/bus/input/devices [...] I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 H: Handlers=mouse2 event4 B: EV=b B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=1103 this is what I have. Also inspecting your XFree86.0.log with the synaptics driver loaded would be interesting :) hth -- mattia :wq!
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hi. I think the Touchpad is Synaptics V5.9 (this is what windows says. I know no other ways to check, alas). Anyway your XFConfig is very interesting. Since I see the new kernel 2.6.8 has just been made available as a deb package, I'll recompile once more the kernel and I'll try getting some inspiration from your XFConfig (expecially MaxTapTime parameter etc.). Anybody has an idea for the keyboard problem (2 below)? Thank you very much Alessandro Ghigi On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:12:32PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > >I have a Debian SARGE on a Toshiba Satellite M30. > >I have a 2.6.7 kernel and various nvidia related debs. > >I also installed xfree86-driver-synaptics. > > > > > >I have the following PROBLEMS: > >1) when I touch the touchpad (not the button) it often does not respond, > >and I have to touch again several times with increased strength. > >2) when I type on the keuboard, very often the characters are not > >recognized (I guess), they stop being displayed on the terminal. Sometimes > >they just get displayed after a while, some other times one of them is > >repeated for a bunch of times. > > > >I checked the page of Marco Kraus: > >http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm > >and found he also had problem (2), together with suggestions to correct > >them. He in fact advises not to install the synaptic driver, and to > >recompile the kernel after some changes by hand in some of the .c files of > >the kernel. He uses a Linux-original 2.6.8 kernel. > > > >I wonder if some other (and possibly more standard) way is available now > >(since Kraus' page is some 4 months old). Since I am no expert, I would > >much prefer to stick to a more Debian-standard approach. > > > > for problem 1: > you probably have and ALPS touchpad, just follow the instructions in > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-driver-synaptics/README.alps > and recompile the kernel with the supplied patch > > I uses the following configuration of XFree86 > # ALPS touchpad, needs a kernel patch > Section "InputDevice" > Driver"synaptics" > Identifier"Touchpad" > Option"Device""/dev/input/event1" > Option"Protocol" "event" > Option"LeftEdge" "60" > Option"RightEdge" "830" > Option"TopEdge" "70" > Option"BottomEdge""650" > Option"FingerLow" "25" > Option"FingerHigh""30" > Option"MaxTapTime""180" > Option"MaxTapMove""110" > Option"EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" > Option"VertScrollDelta" "25" > Option"HorizScrollDelta" "25" > Option"MinSpeed" "0.2" > Option"MaxSpeed" "0.5" > Option"AccelFactor" "0.01" > Option"EdgeMotionSpeed" "40" > Option"UpDownScrolling" "1" > Option"TouchpadOff" "0" > Option"SHMConfig" "on" > Option"AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > this way I can succesfully use an external usb mouse > > don't know problem 2 ... > > bye > > -- > >Riccardo Vestrini > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Io ho una deformazione professionale, sono Ingegnere, e il problema in > quello che lei dice ? l'essere umano, perch? una macchina pu? sbagliare > ma l'essere umano ha sicuramente molti pi? difetti" -- > sconosciuto ad un congresso, mentre un manager parlava di risorse umane > >
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 04:22:38PM +0200, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > Hi. > > I think the Touchpad is Synaptics V5.9 (this is what windows says. I > know no other ways to check, alas). you can check with # cat /proc/bus/input/devices [...] I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version= N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 H: Handlers=mouse2 event4 B: EV=b B: KEY=6420 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=1103 this is what I have. Also inspecting your XFree86.0.log with the synaptics driver loaded would be interesting :) hth -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad & keyboard on Toshiba Satellite M30
Hi. I think the Touchpad is Synaptics V5.9 (this is what windows says. I know no other ways to check, alas). Anyway your XFConfig is very interesting. Since I see the new kernel 2.6.8 has just been made available as a deb package, I'll recompile once more the kernel and I'll try getting some inspiration from your XFConfig (expecially MaxTapTime parameter etc.). Anybody has an idea for the keyboard problem (2 below)? Thank you very much Alessandro Ghigi On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:12:32PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > >I have a Debian SARGE on a Toshiba Satellite M30. > >I have a 2.6.7 kernel and various nvidia related debs. > >I also installed xfree86-driver-synaptics. > > > > > >I have the following PROBLEMS: > >1) when I touch the touchpad (not the button) it often does not respond, > >and I have to touch again several times with increased strength. > >2) when I type on the keuboard, very often the characters are not > >recognized (I guess), they stop being displayed on the terminal. Sometimes > >they just get displayed after a while, some other times one of them is > >repeated for a bunch of times. > > > >I checked the page of Marco Kraus: > >http://www.linuxstuff.de/toshiba-m30/toshiba-m30.htm > >and found he also had problem (2), together with suggestions to correct > >them. He in fact advises not to install the synaptic driver, and to > >recompile the kernel after some changes by hand in some of the .c files of > >the kernel. He uses a Linux-original 2.6.8 kernel. > > > >I wonder if some other (and possibly more standard) way is available now > >(since Kraus' page is some 4 months old). Since I am no expert, I would > >much prefer to stick to a more Debian-standard approach. > > > > for problem 1: > you probably have and ALPS touchpad, just follow the instructions in > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-driver-synaptics/README.alps > and recompile the kernel with the supplied patch > > I uses the following configuration of XFree86 > # ALPS touchpad, needs a kernel patch > Section "InputDevice" > Driver"synaptics" > Identifier"Touchpad" > Option"Device""/dev/input/event1" > Option"Protocol" "event" > Option"LeftEdge" "60" > Option"RightEdge" "830" > Option"TopEdge" "70" > Option"BottomEdge""650" > Option"FingerLow" "25" > Option"FingerHigh""30" > Option"MaxTapTime""180" > Option"MaxTapMove""110" > Option"EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" > Option"VertScrollDelta" "25" > Option"HorizScrollDelta" "25" > Option"MinSpeed" "0.2" > Option"MaxSpeed" "0.5" > Option"AccelFactor" "0.01" > Option"EdgeMotionSpeed" "40" > Option"UpDownScrolling" "1" > Option"TouchpadOff" "0" > Option"SHMConfig" "on" > Option"AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > this way I can succesfully use an external usb mouse > > don't know problem 2 ... > > bye > > -- > >Riccardo Vestrini > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Io ho una deformazione professionale, sono Ingegnere, e il problema in > quello che lei dice ? l'essere umano, perch? una macchina pu? sbagliare > ma l'essere umano ha sicuramente molti pi? difetti" -- > sconosciuto ad un congresso, mentre un manager parlava di risorse umane > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
norton wrote: but do you have all that the synaptics can give you (the round button in the middle for scrolling etc)? yes. The X driver I installed is 0.13.3, the same as in the unstable package. if not, you have to download the package http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfree86-driver-synaptics and modify the XF86Config here is mine: Section "Module" ... Load"synaptics" EndSection ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "CorePointer" # or do what you did before 8) Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device""/dev/psaux" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "RightEdge" "5400" Option "MaxTapTime""180" Option "TopEdge" "1900" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "LeftEdge" "1900" Option "MaxTapMove""220" Option "MinSpeed" "0.02" Option "FingerHigh""30" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "BottomEdge""4000" Option "SendCoreEvents""true" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" ... InputDevice "Touchpad" ... EndSection Em Seg, 2004-07-05 às 10:20, jyb escreveu: I found the solution. It's in the section the ServerLayout of the XF86Config : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" EndSection I put _first_ the synaptics device and _second_ the mouse device. And all works fine. Thanks for your help. J-Yves jyb wrote: Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/X
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
norton wrote: but do you have all that the synaptics can give you (the round button in the middle for scrolling etc)? yes. The X driver I installed is 0.13.3, the same as in the unstable package. if not, you have to download the package http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xfree86-driver-synaptics and modify the XF86Config here is mine: Section "Module" ... Load"synaptics" EndSection ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "CorePointer" # or do what you did before 8) Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device""/dev/psaux" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "RightEdge" "5400" Option "MaxTapTime""180" Option "TopEdge" "1900" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "LeftEdge" "1900" Option "MaxTapMove""220" Option "MinSpeed" "0.02" Option "FingerHigh""30" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "BottomEdge""4000" Option "SendCoreEvents""true" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" ... InputDevice "Touchpad" ... EndSection Em Seg, 2004-07-05 às 10:20, jyb escreveu: I found the solution. It's in the section the ServerLayout of the XF86Config : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" EndSection I put _first_ the synaptics device and _second_ the mouse device. And all works fine. Thanks for your help. J-Yves jyb wrote: Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/XFree86.0.log : ... (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
I found the solution. It's in the section the ServerLayout of the XF86Config : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" EndSection I put _first_ the synaptics device and _second_ the mouse device. And all works fine. Thanks for your help. J-Yves jyb wrote: Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/XFree86.0.log : ... (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "AlwaysCore" (**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.3 (--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (--) Synaptics Mouse synaptics touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Synaptics Mouse: Core Pointer (EE) Attempt to register more than one core pointer (Synaptics Mouse) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded And the touchpad doesn't work, while the USB mouse works well. If I comment the configured mouse in the ServerLayout of the XF86Config-4, touchpad works well : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" #Inp
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/XFree86.0.log : ... (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "AlwaysCore" (**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.3 (--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (--) Synaptics Mouse synaptics touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Synaptics Mouse: Core Pointer (EE) Attempt to register more than one core pointer (Synaptics Mouse) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded And the touchpad doesn't work, while the USB mouse works well. If I comment the configured mouse in the ServerLayout of the XF86Config-4, touchpad works well : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" #InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Is it possible to have mouse and touchpad working together ? J-Yves
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: > hi, > > I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. > > kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. > > any idea ? [...] > i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. > serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. Take a look at this [1] thread, you'll also find a patch[2] to fix this problem _only_ if you cannot disable legacy usb support in bios (warning that patch actually introduces other problems) [1]: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108211185919825&w=2 [2]: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108213030732425&w=2 hth -- mattia :wq!
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
I found the solution. It's in the section the ServerLayout of the XF86Config : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" EndSection I put _first_ the synaptics device and _second_ the mouse device. And all works fine. Thanks for your help. J-Yves jyb wrote: Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/XFree86.0.log : ... (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "AlwaysCore" (**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.3 (--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (--) Synaptics Mouse synaptics touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Synaptics Mouse: Core Pointer (EE) Attempt to register more than one core pointer (Synaptics Mouse) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded And the touchpad doesn't work, while the USB mouse works well. If I comment the configured mouse in the ServerLayout of the XF86Config-4, touchpad works well : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" #InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "Alwa
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
Mattia Dongili wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: hi, I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. any idea ? [...] i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? no. It's the first time I use it. If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. It's fine : First, I removed only the usb mouse and booted up the laptop : the synaptics touchpad was correctly configured by the kernel. Second, I disabled USB legacy in the bios, switched on the usb mouse and booted up : the touchpad AND the mouse were correctly configured. Thanks. But with X, I must choose beetween the mouse and the touchpad. They can't live together. I install the X modules from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html and follow instructions. Here is my original XFree86Config-4 : ... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Synaptics Mouse" Driver"synaptics" Option"Device" "/dev/psaux" Option"Protocol""auto-dev" Option"LeftEdge""1700" Option"RightEdge" "5300" Option"TopEdge" "1700" Option"BottomEdge" "4200" Option"FingerLow" "25" Option"FingerHigh" "30" Option"MaxTapTime" "180" Option"MaxTapMove" "220" Option"VertScrollDelta" "100" Option"MinSpeed""0.06" Option"MaxSpeed""0.12" Option"AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option"SHMConfig" "on" # Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" EndSection ... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection ... With this config file, I've got an error. Extract from /var/log/XFree86.0.log : ... (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "AlwaysCore" (**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 5 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.3 (--) Synaptics Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (--) Synaptics Mouse synaptics touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Synaptics Mouse: Core Pointer (EE) Attempt to register more than one core pointer (Synaptics Mouse) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Synaptics Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded And the touchpad doesn't work, while the USB mouse works well. If I comment the configured mouse in the ServerLayout of the XF86Config-4, touchpad works well : Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" #InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Is it possible to have mouse and touchpad working together ? J-Yves -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: synaptics touchpad problem with sarge running a 2.6.6 kernel
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:40:09AM +0200, jyb wrote: > hi, > > I'm running sarge on my new laptop MaxData 8100X pro. > > kernel doesn't reconize my synaptics touchpad. > > any idea ? [...] > i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 10.12. > serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 you mean the kernel recognized it correctly before? If so and if problems started at kernels around 2.6.3 it's probably your bios intervening. Try to disable Legacy USB support in your bios. Another test you can do to fully confirm my thesis is to boot without your usb mouse plugged in. Take a look at this [1] thread, you'll also find a patch[2] to fix this problem _only_ if you cannot disable legacy usb support in bios (warning that patch actually introduces other problems) [1]: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108211185919825&w=2 [2]: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108213030732425&w=2 hth -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad
The Durston-Smiths wrote: Is it ok to install a generic touchpad onto my TravelMate 200 Series laptop? (Purchased in April 2001) There have been several useful replies on this topic so far, with no response from you. AFAIK there is no proprietary linux drivers from Synaptic for their touchpads. Are you actually running Debian or even Linux on this Laptop, or are you running a Micro$oft Operating system? If the latter I suggest you contact either Acer or Micro$oft support. if you are running Debian, I apologize for being so rude as to infer that you are one of the many fools out there that send bloody requests for micro$oft drivers to this list and also suggest you try one of the options given and let us know how you went!
Re: Synaptics touchpad
The Durston-Smiths wrote: Is it ok to install a generic touchpad onto my TravelMate 200 Series laptop? (Purchased in April 2001) There have been several useful replies on this topic so far, with no response from you. AFAIK there is no proprietary linux drivers from Synaptic for their touchpads. Are you actually running Debian or even Linux on this Laptop, or are you running a Micro$oft Operating system? If the latter I suggest you contact either Acer or Micro$oft support. if you are running Debian, I apologize for being so rude as to infer that you are one of the many fools out there that send bloody requests for micro$oft drivers to this list and also suggest you try one of the options given and let us know how you went! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad driver trouble (SOLVED!)
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 14:48, Paul Bettinger wrote: > Looks like you uses synaptics.o and not synaptics_drv.o > you just have to copy snyaptics_drv.o to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ And obviously I would not check the fineprint closely enough to spot that. It works! Especially the edge-scrolling was dearly missed from windows. Now I have that in linux as well. Awesome! Anders
Re: Synaptics touchpad driver trouble (SOLVED!)
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 14:48, Paul Bettinger wrote: > Looks like you uses synaptics.o and not synaptics_drv.o > you just have to copy snyaptics_drv.o to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ And obviously I would not check the fineprint closely enough to spot that. It works! Especially the edge-scrolling was dearly missed from windows. Now I have that in linux as well. Awesome! Anders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad driver trouble
On Tue 14 Jan 2003 at 12:46, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > Symbol QueryIsSynaptics from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_reset from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is > unresolved! > Symbol SynapticsEnableDevice from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_reset from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is > unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_identify from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_model_id from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_capability from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_set_mode from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol SynapticsEnableDevice from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! Looks like you uses synaptics.o and not synaptics_drv.o you just have to copy snyaptics_drv.o to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ -- Paul Bettinger /'^'\ ( o o ) --oOOO--(_)--OOOo--- PAUL-RIPE Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .oooO ( ) Oooo. \ (( ) \_)) / (_/ pgp3Z46EZY3C3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Synaptics touchpad driver trouble
On Tue 14 Jan 2003 at 12:46, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > Symbol QueryIsSynaptics from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_reset from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is > unresolved! > Symbol SynapticsEnableDevice from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_reset from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is > unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_identify from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_model_id from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_capability from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! > Symbol synaptics_set_mode from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o > is unresolved! > Symbol SynapticsEnableDevice from module > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics.o is unresolved! Looks like you uses synaptics.o and not synaptics_drv.o you just have to copy snyaptics_drv.o to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/ -- Paul Bettinger /'^'\ ( o o ) --oOOO--(_)--OOOo--- PAUL-RIPE Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED].oooO ( ) Oooo. \ (( ) \_)) / (_/ msg10482/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: synaptics touchpad driver
... > everything just worked perfect, well almost...because when I suspend and > resume, the mouse is dead :-| There is a patch by Peter Osterlund, now at http://mobilix.org/software/synaptics/ I don't know whether it helps in this case, but you should try it at least. Also I don't have time to package the driver, and I don't have this kind of touchpad to test it. Maybe somebody from this list is interested to do that? Werner PS: "The patches fix a few bugs, implement fast scrolling, palm detection, edge motion and horizontal scrolling. More detailed descriptions are included in the patch files." -- |=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berlin = Germany |=|T. 0049 - (0)30 - 349 53 86 |=| http://MobiliX.org Linux and BSD on Mobile Computers |=| http://Xtops.DELaptops+PDAs pre-installed with UniX |*| This is no time for phony rhetoric -- Lou Reed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for ACER TravelMate and other machines)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There seem to be a few issues on my Compaq Evo N160, however: > > * the right mouse button doesn't generate any pointer events Hi! Just wanted to clarify this. The right mouse button is working. It appears the contact on my mouse button has suddenly decided to start failing erraticly, so if I hit it harder it seems to work. Time to contact Compaq I guess. :-( The others still apply though. Cheers! > > * the four-way directional buttons all generate a button 5 press (is it > possible to have it generate 5/6/7/8? or configure the buttons? I'd like to > use one of the directions as a middle mouse button, and the others for a > scroll-wheel type affair. As long as the numbers are independent then I can > probably reconfigure the order with xmodmap. > > * scrollarea doesn't seem to be picked up - do i need to fiddle with the > boundries of the device? is there a convenient way to show the max extents > of > the device?) > > * I also had to add the core pointer option to my settings - it might be nice > to add that directive in the example in INSTALL > > Thanks for the great work. :-) > >> You may download a binary or source code at >> http://mobilix.org/software.html >> >> There are some problems with newer versions of the protocol (firmware), >> please let Stefan know, if you have any specs or solutions. >> Please direct questions to me. -- Damien Elmes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for ACER TravelMate and othermachines)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There seem to be a few issues on my Compaq Evo N160, however: > > * the right mouse button doesn't generate any pointer events Hi! Just wanted to clarify this. The right mouse button is working. It appears the contact on my mouse button has suddenly decided to start failing erraticly, so if I hit it harder it seems to work. Time to contact Compaq I guess. :-( The others still apply though. Cheers! > > * the four-way directional buttons all generate a button 5 press (is it > possible to have it generate 5/6/7/8? or configure the buttons? I'd like to > use one of the directions as a middle mouse button, and the others for a > scroll-wheel type affair. As long as the numbers are independent then I can > probably reconfigure the order with xmodmap. > > * scrollarea doesn't seem to be picked up - do i need to fiddle with the > boundries of the device? is there a convenient way to show the max extents of > the device?) > > * I also had to add the core pointer option to my settings - it might be nice > to add that directive in the example in INSTALL > > Thanks for the great work. :-) > >> You may download a binary or source code at >> http://mobilix.org/software.html >> >> There are some problems with newer versions of the protocol (firmware), >> please let Stefan know, if you have any specs or solutions. >> Please direct questions to me. -- Damien Elmes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for ACER TravelMate and other machines)
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Synaptics TouchPad driver (XFree86 4.x) is programmed by > Stefan Gmeiner. It works with the ACER Travelmate and > probably other laptops (please let me know your results). > > The touchpad driver has the following functions (some functions > require features from the touchpad that must be present, > multifinger taps for example): > > - Movement with adjustable, non-linear acceleration and speed (Options: > MinSpeed, MaxSpeed, AccelFactor) > - Button events through short touching of the touchpad (Options: > MaxTapTime, MaxTapMove) > - Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad > - Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the > touchpad > and more. Hi! Just tried this driver - I didn't know it existed before. I'd had troubles with the synaptics support in GPM (pointer disappearing and reappearing, erratic movement, etc). This driver doesn't appear appear to have those difficulties. There seem to be a few issues on my Compaq Evo N160, however: * the right mouse button doesn't generate any pointer events * the four-way directional buttons all generate a button 5 press (is it possible to have it generate 5/6/7/8? or configure the buttons? I'd like to use one of the directions as a middle mouse button, and the others for a scroll-wheel type affair. As long as the numbers are independent then I can probably reconfigure the order with xmodmap. * scrollarea doesn't seem to be picked up - do i need to fiddle with the boundries of the device? is there a convenient way to show the max extents of the device?) * I also had to add the core pointer option to my settings - it might be nice to add that directive in the example in INSTALL Thanks for the great work. :-) > You may download a binary or source code at > http://mobilix.org/software.html > > There are some problems with newer versions of the protocol (firmware), > please let Stefan know, if you have any specs or solutions. > Please direct questions to me. -- Damien Elmes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for ACER TravelMate and othermachines)
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The Synaptics TouchPad driver (XFree86 4.x) is programmed by > Stefan Gmeiner. It works with the ACER Travelmate and > probably other laptops (please let me know your results). > > The touchpad driver has the following functions (some functions > require features from the touchpad that must be present, > multifinger taps for example): > > - Movement with adjustable, non-linear acceleration and speed (Options: > MinSpeed, MaxSpeed, AccelFactor) > - Button events through short touching of the touchpad (Options: > MaxTapTime, MaxTapMove) > - Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad > - Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the > touchpad > and more. Hi! Just tried this driver - I didn't know it existed before. I'd had troubles with the synaptics support in GPM (pointer disappearing and reappearing, erratic movement, etc). This driver doesn't appear appear to have those difficulties. There seem to be a few issues on my Compaq Evo N160, however: * the right mouse button doesn't generate any pointer events * the four-way directional buttons all generate a button 5 press (is it possible to have it generate 5/6/7/8? or configure the buttons? I'd like to use one of the directions as a middle mouse button, and the others for a scroll-wheel type affair. As long as the numbers are independent then I can probably reconfigure the order with xmodmap. * scrollarea doesn't seem to be picked up - do i need to fiddle with the boundries of the device? is there a convenient way to show the max extents of the device?) * I also had to add the core pointer option to my settings - it might be nice to add that directive in the example in INSTALL Thanks for the great work. :-) > You may download a binary or source code at > http://mobilix.org/software.html > > There are some problems with newer versions of the protocol (firmware), > please let Stefan know, if you have any specs or solutions. > Please direct questions to me. -- Damien Elmes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for Dell Inspiron! and other machines)
> The Synaptics TouchPad driver (XFree86 4.x) is programmed by > Stefan Gmeiner. It works with the ACER Travelmate and > probably other laptops (please let me know your results). It took me all of 2 minutes to get it working on my Inspiron 2500. (OK, I lied. Remember to save XF86Config-4 _before_ Ctrl-Alt-BKSP :-) ). I had to add a Option "CorePointer" line to the Input Device section. But I now have (at least) a middle-button, which I never had before. Now to play with it. Thanks very much Werner & Stefan. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics TouchPad driver (for Dell Inspiron! and other machines)
> The Synaptics TouchPad driver (XFree86 4.x) is programmed by > Stefan Gmeiner. It works with the ACER Travelmate and > probably other laptops (please let me know your results). It took me all of 2 minutes to get it working on my Inspiron 2500. (OK, I lied. Remember to save XF86Config-4 _before_ Ctrl-Alt-BKSP :-) ). I had to add a Option "CorePointer" line to the Input Device section. But I now have (at least) a middle-button, which I never had before. Now to play with it. Thanks very much Werner & Stefan. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
вт, 12.02.2002 г., в 14.54 (+0200) Derek Broughton написа: > René Seindal wrote: > > I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two > > packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control > > various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, > > tapping in corners etc. > > Actually, they're the same program, different package names (offhand I can't > remember which is current). The program, in either package, is tpconfig. > > And, afaik, corner taps aren't supported by tpconfig on synaptics. The old > version of tpconfig (which is intended for more touchpads than just > synaptics) used to let you set corner taps, but it didn't work, and the > latest version I installed didn't even let me set them. On the Synaptics touchpad of HP Omnibook XE3 tpconfig supports almost nothing, basically the only useful thing is turning on/off tapping. The method described in this thread by Dave Thayer works just great. It seems gpm supports the touchpad much more natively, only that I would never guess the weird syntax of /etc/gpm-syn.conf ;)
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
René Seindal wrote: > I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two > packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control > various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, > tapping in corners etc. Actually, they're the same program, different package names (offhand I can't remember which is current). The program, in either package, is tpconfig. And, afaik, corner taps aren't supported by tpconfig on synaptics. The old version of tpconfig (which is intended for more touchpads than just synaptics) used to let you set corner taps, but it didn't work, and the latest version I installed didn't even let me set them. derek
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
вт, 12.02.2002 г., в 14.54 (+0200) Derek Broughton написа: > René Seindal wrote: > > I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two > > packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control > > various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, > > tapping in corners etc. > > Actually, they're the same program, different package names (offhand I can't > remember which is current). The program, in either package, is tpconfig. > > And, afaik, corner taps aren't supported by tpconfig on synaptics. The old > version of tpconfig (which is intended for more touchpads than just > synaptics) used to let you set corner taps, but it didn't work, and the > latest version I installed didn't even let me set them. On the Synaptics touchpad of HP Omnibook XE3 tpconfig supports almost nothing, basically the only useful thing is turning on/off tapping. The method described in this thread by Dave Thayer works just great. It seems gpm supports the touchpad much more natively, only that I would never guess the weird syntax of /etc/gpm-syn.conf ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
René Seindal wrote: > I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two > packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control > various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, > tapping in corners etc. Actually, they're the same program, different package names (offhand I can't remember which is current). The program, in either package, is tpconfig. And, afaik, corner taps aren't supported by tpconfig on synaptics. The old version of tpconfig (which is intended for more touchpads than just synaptics) used to let you set corner taps, but it didn't work, and the latest version I installed didn't even let me set them. derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, tapping in corners etc. It might be what you need. René Seindal. On søn, 2002-02-10 at 06:14, Andrew McMillan wrote: > On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 07:09, Dave Thayer wrote: > > > > /etc/gpm-syn.conf > > [use_wmode] Y > > [corner_taps_enabled] Y > > [upper_left_action] 3 > > [lower_left_action] 2 > > > > The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. > > Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it > > is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included > > because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. > > Man I _wish_ I'd been able to find that documentation. I bought a > laptop for my father recently and installed Linux on it but it became > practically unusable because of all the 'smartness' of the default > synaptics touchpad. Especially for my father who is over 75... > > I found the names of all these configuration things, as well as the name > of the configuration file, by trolling through the gpm binary, but there > is no way I would have guessed that sort of wierd syntax :-) > > I sure wish I could have done a : > man 5 gpm-syn.conf > or something. > > Regards, > Andrew. > -- > > Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington > WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St > DDI: +64(4)916-7201MOB: +64(21)635-694OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 >Are you enrolled at http://schoolreunions.co.nz/ yet? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 07:09, Dave Thayer wrote: > > /etc/gpm-syn.conf > [use_wmode] Y > [corner_taps_enabled] Y > [upper_left_action] 3 > [lower_left_action] 2 > > The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. > Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it > is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included > because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. Man I _wish_ I'd been able to find that documentation. I bought a laptop for my father recently and installed Linux on it but it became practically unusable because of all the 'smartness' of the default synaptics touchpad. Especially for my father who is over 75... I found the names of all these configuration things, as well as the name of the configuration file, by trolling through the gpm binary, but there is no way I would have guessed that sort of wierd syntax :-) I sure wish I could have done a : man 5 gpm-syn.conf or something. Regards, Andrew. -- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)916-7201MOB: +64(21)635-694OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 Are you enrolled at http://schoolreunions.co.nz/ yet?
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 07:09, Dave Thayer wrote: > > /etc/gpm-syn.conf > [use_wmode] Y > [corner_taps_enabled] Y > [upper_left_action] 3 > [lower_left_action] 2 > > The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. > Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it > is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included > because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. Man I _wish_ I'd been able to find that documentation. I bought a laptop for my father recently and installed Linux on it but it became practically unusable because of all the 'smartness' of the default synaptics touchpad. Especially for my father who is over 75... I found the names of all these configuration things, as well as the name of the configuration file, by trolling through the gpm binary, but there is no way I would have guessed that sort of wierd syntax :-) I sure wish I could have done a : man 5 gpm-syn.conf or something. Regards, Andrew. -- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)916-7201MOB: +64(21)635-694OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 Are you enrolled at http://schoolreunions.co.nz/ yet? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:48:54AM -0500, Jesse Rhodes wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? It took a fair amount of tinkering, but I was able to get the synaptics touchapd on my HP Pavillion working beautifully in X and console. The touchpad on the Pavillion has a middle button which I use as a middle mouse button rather. I'm running sid with a 2.4.17 kernel. Here are the relevent sections from my conf files: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection /etc/gpm.conf/ device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=msc type=synaptics_ps2 append="-3" sample_rate= /etc/gpm-syn.conf [use_wmode] Y [corner_taps_enabled] Y [upper_left_action] 3 [lower_left_action] 2 The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:48:54AM -0500, Jesse Rhodes wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? It took a fair amount of tinkering, but I was able to get the synaptics touchapd on my HP Pavillion working beautifully in X and console. The touchpad on the Pavillion has a middle button which I use as a middle mouse button rather. I'm running sid with a 2.4.17 kernel. Here are the relevent sections from my conf files: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection /etc/gpm.conf/ device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= repeat_type=msc type=synaptics_ps2 append="-3" sample_rate= /etc/gpm-syn.conf [use_wmode] Y [corner_taps_enabled] Y [upper_left_action] 3 [lower_left_action] 2 The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. HTH dt -- Dave Thayer | If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about Denver, Colorado USA | cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
I have an L400 which uses the same touchpad. Are you having trouble in X or in Console mode? I found that if GPM was running while in X the touchpad went crazy, so you might want to disable that. Hope that helps. - Geoff On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Jesse Rhodes wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
Quoting Jesse Rhodes on Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:48:54AM -0500: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? > > I have the Ls also. I am using debian unstable with the latest X stuff, but all I did was set up the touchpad as a ps/2 device. When I first setup X on this laptop, the X server could not find the mouse driver correctly and I had the same behavior as you. I edited the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and pointed the driver at /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse. Now I am using the external port for a logitech mouse so I use a slightly different driver. I still have the original config file if you would like to try it out. -- Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
I have an L400 which uses the same touchpad. Are you having trouble in X or in Console mode? I found that if GPM was running while in X the touchpad went crazy, so you might want to disable that. Hope that helps. - Geoff On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Jesse Rhodes wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad?
Quoting Jesse Rhodes on Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 08:48:54AM -0500: > I have a Dell Latitude LS with a synaptics touchpad that SiSoft Sandra > informs me is attached to some sort of internal ps/2 port. But if i run it > in linux with the ps/2 drivers, it just wanders all over the desktop. Help? > > I have the Ls also. I am using debian unstable with the latest X stuff, but all I did was set up the touchpad as a ps/2 device. When I first setup X on this laptop, the X server could not find the mouse driver correctly and I had the same behavior as you. I edited the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and pointed the driver at /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse. Now I am using the external port for a logitech mouse so I use a slightly different driver. I still have the original config file if you would like to try it out. -- Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Hi! Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > was slightly less useful. I had similar problems with my Inspiron 4000 but got it to work with the following config: ,[ /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ] | Section "InputDevice" | Identifier"Mouse0" | Driver"mouse" | Option"Protocol" "MouseSystems" | Option"Device""/dev/gpmdata" | Option"ZAxisMapping" "4 5" | EndSection ` ,[ /etc/gpm.conf ] | device=/dev/psaux | repeat_type=msc | type=synps2 ` ciao Jörg
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Hi! Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > was slightly less useful. I had similar problems with my Inspiron 4000 but got it to work with the following config: ,[ /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ] | Section "InputDevice" | Identifier"Mouse0" | Driver"mouse" | Option"Protocol" "MouseSystems" | Option"Device""/dev/gpmdata" | Option"ZAxisMapping" "4 5" | EndSection ` ,[ /etc/gpm.conf ] | device=/dev/psaux | repeat_type=msc | type=synps2 ` ciao Jörg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Very well, but how do you do a "reset"? "reset" is not an option of tpconfig, and I can't see anything that will particularly help. I've never needed to use gpm for a mouse before - is this flakey behavior with it firing random events typical of gpm, or is it something specific to the touchpad? All of the synaptics package documentation, and the gpm & tpconfig man pages are pretty much useless in describing how to actually configure a mouse of any kind, let alone a touchpad. -- derek "Mark S. Mathews" wrote: > > Use tpconfig to do a reset on the touchpad before firing up gpm or X. > I've had similar problems with my Acers and this seems to do the trick. > > -Mark > > Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > I've got a brand new Inspiron 2500 with an almost working Linux system. > > It runs a 2.2.19pre17 kernel for PCMCIA and a 2.4.9 kernel for X. It > > needs the 2.4 kernel for the intel 815 video, but I haven't managed to > > get PCMCIA to work there, yet. > > > > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > > was slightly less useful. > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "PS2Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "CorePointer" > > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > Option "Buttons" "5" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Touchpad" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > EndSection
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Use tpconfig to do a reset on the touchpad before firing up gpm or X. I've had similar problems with my Acers and this seems to do the trick. -Mark Derek Broughton wrote: > > I've got a brand new Inspiron 2500 with an almost working Linux system. > It runs a 2.2.19pre17 kernel for PCMCIA and a 2.4.9 kernel for X. It > needs the 2.4 kernel for the intel 815 video, but I haven't managed to > get PCMCIA to work there, yet. > > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > was slightly less useful. > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "PS2Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Buttons" "5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Touchpad" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > EndSection > > -- > Derek Broughton > CCISM Virtual Helpdesk > Athabasca University > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark S. Mathews AbsoluteValue Systems Web:http://www.linux-wlan.com 715-D North Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Melbourne, FL 32934Phone: 321.259.0737 USAFax:321.259.0286
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Very well, but how do you do a "reset"? "reset" is not an option of tpconfig, and I can't see anything that will particularly help. I've never needed to use gpm for a mouse before - is this flakey behavior with it firing random events typical of gpm, or is it something specific to the touchpad? All of the synaptics package documentation, and the gpm & tpconfig man pages are pretty much useless in describing how to actually configure a mouse of any kind, let alone a touchpad. -- derek "Mark S. Mathews" wrote: > > Use tpconfig to do a reset on the touchpad before firing up gpm or X. > I've had similar problems with my Acers and this seems to do the trick. > > -Mark > > Derek Broughton wrote: > > > > I've got a brand new Inspiron 2500 with an almost working Linux system. > > It runs a 2.2.19pre17 kernel for PCMCIA and a 2.4.9 kernel for X. It > > needs the 2.4 kernel for the intel 815 video, but I haven't managed to > > get PCMCIA to work there, yet. > > > > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > > was slightly less useful. > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "PS2Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "CorePointer" > > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > Option "Buttons" "5" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Touchpad" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Use tpconfig to do a reset on the touchpad before firing up gpm or X. I've had similar problems with my Acers and this seems to do the trick. -Mark Derek Broughton wrote: > > I've got a brand new Inspiron 2500 with an almost working Linux system. > It runs a 2.2.19pre17 kernel for PCMCIA and a 2.4.9 kernel for X. It > needs the 2.4 kernel for the intel 815 video, but I haven't managed to > get PCMCIA to work there, yet. > > However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as > a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as > "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the > touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the > touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer > to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I > have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which > was slightly less useful. > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "PS2Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device""/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Buttons" "5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Touchpad" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device""/dev/gpmdata" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > EndSection > > -- > Derek Broughton > CCISM Virtual Helpdesk > Athabasca University > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark S. Mathews AbsoluteValue Systems Web:http://www.linux-wlan.com 715-D North Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Melbourne, FL 32934Phone: 321.259.0737 USAFax:321.259.0286 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics Touchpad won't work in Testing
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Tim Wood wrote: > Warning: /dev/gpmdtata unable to get status of mouse fd (Invalid > argument). 1) Can we see your config file? 2) Can we see the output of /var/log/Xfree86.0.log 3) Is gpmdata definitely running? 4) If it is, have you tried disabling it and giving X the psaux device directly? -- In German "invent-a-new-word-where-a-perfectly-good-one-already-exists" is probably a word. - Peter da Silva - a.s.r
Re: Synaptics Touchpad won't work in Testing
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Tim Wood wrote: > Warning: /dev/gpmdtata unable to get status of mouse fd (Invalid > argument). 1) Can we see your config file? 2) Can we see the output of /var/log/Xfree86.0.log 3) Is gpmdata definitely running? 4) If it is, have you tried disabling it and giving X the psaux device directly? -- In German "invent-a-new-word-where-a-perfectly-good-one-already-exists" is probably a word. - Peter da Silva - a.s.r -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
