Bug#522920: ELANTECH and lenny xorg
Regarding turning on CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_ELANTECH...
According the kernel help text,
Note that if you enable this driver you will need an updated
X.org Synaptics driver that does not require ABS_PRESSURE
reports from the touchpad (i.e. post 1.5.0 version). You can
grab a patch for the driver here:
http://userweb.kernel.org/~dtor/synaptics-no-abspressure.patch
The lenny version does not contain this patch.
As long as being able to backport a newer kernel to lenny is a goal, this
driver shouldn't be turned on.
If there is a "lenny and a half" release that updates xorg drivers to a
level where this patch is included, then the kernel team could consider
turning on this driver in a newer provided kernel.
I have started a "lenny and a half" page on the wiki and added this issue
to it
http://wiki.debian.org/LennyAndAHalf
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Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org
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