Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Use tpconfig to do a reset on the touchpad before firing up gpm or X.
I've had similar problems with my Acers and this seems to do the trick.
-Mark
Derek Broughton wrote:
>
> I've got a brand new Inspiron 2500 with an almost working Linux system.
> It runs a 2.2.19pre17 kernel for PCMCIA and a 2.4.9 kernel for X. It
> needs the 2.4 kernel for the intel 815 video, but I haven't managed to
> get PCMCIA to work there, yet.
>
> However, I can't get the touchpad to work very well. It's configured as
> a gpm mouse using synps2, but I _must_ define the PS/2 mouse as
> "CorePointer" and have it attached before starting X. If I don't the
> touchpad is unusable. If I detach the PS/2 mouse after X starts, the
> touchpad is activated (mostly) but has a bad habit of moving the pointer
> to the upper right corner of the screen and sending random clicks. I
> have also tried with the Touchpad protocol set to "MouseSystems" which
> was slightly less useful.
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "PS2Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Buttons" "5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Touchpad"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> EndSection
>
> --
> Derek Broughton
> CCISM Virtual Helpdesk
> Athabasca University
> mailto: dbroughton@netcom.ca
>
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