Here's a quick guide i have written to re-compile with the elantech driver, i am still playing with the restricted drivers guide, but will post if i finish it. I have modified the patch file using the 2.6.22.14 kernel This is using the most recent kernel source (2.6.22.14):
1) ensure source is enabled in the repositories un-comment (remove #) from all deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list 2) run the below to obtain the kernel source sudo apt-get update apt-get source linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic 3) the next 2 steps ensures bash has the /bin/sh symbolic link, this is from the howtoforge link, so i just copied this. sudo rm -f /bin/sh sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh 4) install required packages for kernel compilation sudo apt-get install kernel-package libncurses5-dev fakeroot wget bzip2 5) i have modified the patch to support 2.6.22-14-generic, to apply it to the source: cd linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22 patch -p1 --dry-run < /where/you/saved/elantech-2.6.22-14-generic.patch 6) --dry-run does a dummy run of what it will change, nothing is actually changed verify the output says: patching file Documentation/input/elantech.txt patching file drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c patching file drivers/input/mouse/elantech.h patching file drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig patching file drivers/input/mouse/Makefile patching file drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c patching file drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h 7) if so, run: patch -p1 < /where/you/saved/elantech-2.6.22-14-generic.patch 8) copy the current ubuntu config: cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config 9) run the make menu: make menuconfig 10) Go to Load an Alternate Configuration File and choose .config 11) Go to device drivers -> input device support -> mice select elantech and press the Y key go back to the main menu (tab onto exit 3 times) 12) select Save an Alternate Configuration File and choose .config 13) exit menuconfig (tab onto exit, press enter) 14) build the kernel (the second command can take a few hours depending on your machine) make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers 15) 2 deb files are generated, the kernel and the kernel headers. you should now be able to install these 16 ) from a ubuntu wiki page i can't find the lnk to, if you want to ensure the ubuntu logo appears on boot: echo vesafb | sudo tee -a /etc/initramfs-tools/modules echo fbcon | sudo tee -a /etc/initramfs-tools/modules 17) reboot, press ESC at the grub screen and choose the newly installed kernel, because this guide didn't change anything with the version numbers, it has labeled it as 2.6.22.9-custom - this is because the source is just this version patched to 2.6.22.14 18) once booted, test the touchpad 19) to test absolute mode do the following in the sysfs directory (it think this means /sys, it was on arjan's website): sudo echo -n 0x16 > reg_10 And that's it, as said, i am still working on the restricted drivers guide, if you can't be bothered to do the above and have some decent web hosting i can upload the deb files i have generated let me know. The files are around 300mb due to the debug options being enabled (default ubuntu .config setting i believe) ** Attachment added: "Elantech patch for latest kernel 2.6.22.14" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11179073/elantech-2.6.22-14-generic.patch -- Elantech touchpad is incorrectly recogonised as a "ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123775 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
