Re: Synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 2500
Very well, but how do you do a "reset"? "reset" is not an option of
tpconfig, and I can't see anything that will particularly help. I've
never needed to use gpm for a mouse before - is this flakey behavior
with it firing random events typical of gpm, or is it something specific
to the touchpad? All of the synaptics package documentation, and the
gpm & tpconfig man pages are pretty much useless in describing how to
actually configure a mouse of any kind, let alone a touchpad.
--
derek
"Mark S. Mathews" wrote:
>
> 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
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