Re: [directfb-dev] [g-i] Problems with linux_input module and SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

[Attilio Fiandrotti <attilio.fiandrotti@gmail.com>]

Frans Pop wrote:
> On Thursday 07 December 2006 15:36, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
>
> > I just rebuilt directfb udeb with Ville's patch (Thanks! :) and
> > uploaded here [1] a miniiso.
> > Of course on my laptop this works fine (also first version of Ville's
> > patch did) but it would be interesting if Frans, who previously
> > reported crash on his Alps-equipped laptop, could give it a try.
>
>
> OK. now that we know the cause of the crash I was experiencing earlier, 
> I've retested the 2nd image from Ville (with the ps2mouse module 
> disabled) and can confirm that it is not structurally broken.
> However, my Alps touchpad still is not supported correctly as Holger 
> Wansing also already reported.
>
> Note that I'm not sure if Ville's patch affects linux_input or ps2mouse or 
> both, so with ps2mouse disabled I may not have actually tested 
> anything...

Ville's patch affects linux_input, so when you disable ps2mouse you 
actually use ville's code; some details still need to be fixed, but it 
looks like it basically works correctly now.

> As the current directfb works in an acceptable way for both synaptics and 
> alps and given the fact that Etch is now frozen, I feel we should delay 
> applying new patches to after the release and we should also try to get 
> alps touchpads properly supported first.

Indeed, but directfb guys may want to patch linux_input upstream in cvs 
with ville's patch v2 now that we've verified it's not broken (and IMHO 
it's an improvment over my original patch), and we may benefit from that 
later.

cheers

Attilio