.: 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