Re: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70

[Andreas Jellinghaus]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:44:45 +0000, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> I have modified the X driver now, so that it doesn't depend on packets
> arriving one second after the last event, and so that it uses wall
> clock time instead of counting packets. This version therefore works
> with an unpatched 2.5.72 kernel. It is available here:
> 
>         http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html

Hi,

I tried that driver with 2.5.73. The synaptics option is gone, so it is
always on by default? No way to turn it off?

My XF86Config-4 is:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "Protocol" "event"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection

it's debian unstable and hardware is a dell latitude c600 laptop.

the trackpoint (or how it is called?) does not work: nothing happends.
The touchpad is working ok, but the mouse is moving either slow or too
fast. I guess there is a way I can configure that?

a bigger problem is: X froze once, but I could login via network and
kill -9 it. No idea why, there is nothing special in the log file.

kernel messages:
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: PC Speaker
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
 Firware: 5.5
 180 degree mounted touchpad
 Sensor: 27
 new absolute packet format
 Touchpad has extended capability bits
 -> multifinger detection
 -> palm detection
input: Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12

xfree log:

(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
        ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
...
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
(II) xfree driver for the synaptics touchpad 0.11.3p3
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
Synaptics DeviceInit called
SynapticsCtrl called.
Synaptics DeviceOn called
(II) xfree driver for the synaptics touchpad 0.11.3p3
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from
 list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from 
list!
SynapticsCtrl called.

so far it's working fine.

btw: I'm used to tip twice on the touchpad to get a left click. 
That doesn't work anymore (I might have stopped a few kernel or 
xfree versions before). Is there a way to enable that again?

Thanks. Regards, Andreas