Problem with Vaio touchpad
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Hi. Up-To-Date Sid on a Vaio PCG-GRT170.
I finally tracked down the problem I've had trying to go from kernel
2.6.10 to 2.6.11, which I noticed recently became the "official"
latest Debian kernel. Or rather, 2.6.10 is showing up as obsolete
today.
Anyway, when the "psmouse" module loads in 2.6.10, I get the following
message:
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~# modprobe psmouse
input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1
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and everything works just fine. Smooth fine position control, 3-button
emulation, copy/paste, strike the touchpad surface and it "clicks"
button 1, stuff like that.
However, under 2.6.11, the following message comes up:
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~# modprobe psmouse
ALPS Touchpad (Glidepoint) detected
Disabling hardware tapping
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
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Fine movement is no longer smooth, distance is inconsistent,
copy/paste is flaky to say the least, and worst of all there is no
"click" when I hit the touchpad with my finger.
Is there a way to disable checking, to force "PS/2 Generic"-ness upon
the module? Sometimes hardware detection can go too far, it seems.
I'm not going to open a trouble ticket on the module until it's
obvious there is no way around the detection routine, or I can
communicate the action and fix to the kernel packagers.
Curt-
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