Re: Synaptics touchpad not found with plugged-in USB mouse

[Mattia Dongili <dongili@supereva.it>]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 01:54:47PM +0200, Tobias Kraus wrote:
[...]
> unfortunately this is _not_ a typo :-(
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I _think_ the touchpad is is deactivated 
> if at a certain point of the POST the mouse is found by the BIOS. 
> After that the BIOS does not change the state of the tp any more.
> Actually, the problem exists if I plug the mouse in _after_ the kernel 
> is loaded by grub and decompressed.

take a look at this thread and follow the links to the lkml for a full
explanation:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/09/msg00277.html

hth
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mattia
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