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Re: Synaptic Touchpad, Batery Status on SOTEC WL2120C

Amir wrote:


On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 14:59, .: Alex Budiyanto :. wrote:

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To: "Debian Laptop" <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Synaptic Touchpad, Batery Status on SOTEC WL2120C



.: Alex Budiyanto :. wrote:


Hi, all....
iam a newbie and i have a problem with my laptop... i was install
linux mandrake 10 CE. bu i have a problem with synaptic touchpad and
batery status... they can't detect by my linux.

if i use debian distro...what must i do..??

sorry my english is very bad...

regards..

Alex Budiyant

what is the model of your laptop ?

does your kernel (and your laptop) support ACPI ?

if yes, install the acpid package (debian package acpid, mandrake ?).
if not, try something with apm (but i don't know how it works).

to install the synaptics touchpad :

first, if your bios allow it, disable the native bios usb support.

second, see if your kernel recognize the synaptics touchpad :
dmesg | less

you should have lines like this :
------------------
Synkernaptics Touchpad, model: 1 Sensor: 29
new absolute packet format
Touchpad has extended capability bits
-> 4 multi-buttons, i.e. besides standard buttons
-> multifinger detection
-> palm detection
-------------------

if not, install a recent kernel, 2.6.6 or 2.6.7.

Maybe the X driver for the synaptics is not installed.
execute :
find /usr -name  '*synaptics*'
you should have a line as :
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o

if not, install the package (in debian, it is only in the unstable
section, for mandrake, I don't know).
you can install the driver manually, if you don't want to migrate to
unstable. src and doc is at
http://w1.894.telia.com/%7Eu89404340/touchpad/index.html

Be careful, if have a configured mouse more to your touchpad, in the
section "serveurLayout" of the XF85Config,
*put* the mouse *after* the synaptics. Example :

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier      "Default Layout"
       Screen          "Default Screen"
       InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
       InputDevice     "Synaptics Mouse"       "CorePointer"
       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"      "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Thank for your review..
my laptop model is winbook WL2120C.. and support ACPI...but i was loss my
bios password and can't recovery it... how must i do to disable  native
bioss usb support ?.

my synaptic touchpad only detect my move finger [cursor] dan move but i
can't click from my synaptic [to clik i must press my buton] ?



Hi,

I had the same problem with my synaptic touchpad and clicking using
kernel < 2.6.6. With 2.6.7 everything works fine. 
@(none???): Why is it important to *put* the mouse *after* the
synaptics?


hi,
on my laptop, a maxdata 8100X (very nice computer -:), when I configured X, I put the mouse declaration first and after the touchpad declaration. 
But only the mouse worked, not the touchpad.
So, I tried to put the synaptics first Then, mouse and touchpad worked together. Magical !!! 

sorry for the mail address.


regards
Amir
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