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Re: touchpad on laptop



On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 23:09, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've gotten debian installed on my Canon Innovabook 457CDS, but I don't
> know how to get the touchpad working... is there some sort of generic
> touchpad device?  I tried using /dev/psaux just for fun but that didn't
> work, couldn't find any information about this in the laptop howto.

Most laptop touchpads nowadays are supported by the regular PS/2
drivers. Try PS/2 or ImPS/2. The actual device output should be showing
up on /dev/psaux. If that doesn't work, you can try enabling USB support
in the kernel on the off chance that the touchpad is a USB device. (very
unlikely)

-Alex

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