Re: trackpad on powerbook
hello...
* John Harrold <jmh17@pitt.edu> [2005-02-11 09:08 +0100]:
> Sometime in February Sebastian Henschel assaulted the keyboard and
> produced:
>
> | hm, i do not think so. i have scrollwheel functionality with the help of
> | mouseemu (http://www.geekounet.org/powerbook/files/mouseemu.tar.gz) on
> | a 15 months old Powerbook, too.
> | there might be some kernel modules missing. what does your .config look
> | like? is CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID enabled?
>
> I'm using the stock debian/sarge 2.4 kernel. This is the output
> for 'uname -a':
>
> Linux absent 2.4.27-powerpc #1 ven sep 3 09:34:51 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
>
> Do I need to compile my own? Can you tell me how to get this information
> if I didn't compile it?
there should be something like /boot/config-2.4.27-powerpc on your
machine which you can check for aforementioned CONFIG_*.
i did not use 2.4 kernels on my machine since beginning 2004, you might
try to install kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc.
> | you should see some output when you "cat < /dev/input/mice" and move
> | your finger on the trackpad.
>
> Yeah I tried this on a lot of different devices and I had no luck :(.
then it really looks like a kernel (or not-loaded-driver) problem.
> | > I've looked around on the web and most of the pages about installing
> | > linux
> | > on powerbooks are pretty old. Can anyone offer any thoughts on this?
> |
> | does any of the reports listed on http://tuxmobil.org/apple.html help
> | you?
>
> This looks more useful that the linux-laptop.net page.
did you find a useful report?
tschoe,
Sebastian
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