Re: Cannot get PS/2 touchpad to work on old laptop

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Bob Cox wrote:
> I have one small problem with a Debian install on with a very old laptop
> (P266, 64MB, 800x600) which is badged as a 'Lifetec' but is really a
> Twinhead Slimnote 9TE. It has a touchpad, or 'pointing device', as the
> manufacturer calls it, which the spec says is a "TwinTouch II".  It
> originally ran Windows 98 perfectly acceptably.
> 
<snip>
> So far, all I have found which looks useful are the following two lines
> in dmesg:
> 
> PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303,PNP0f13] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> 
> lsmod showed no obvious mouse module present, so I have done modprobe
> psmouse and then tried again with gpm, but without success.
> 
> I would be grateful for any suggestions regarding what to try next
> please.
> 
> Many TIA
> 

What is the content of the file /proc/bus/input/devices? Try

  cat /proc/bus/input/devices

and look for mouse or touchpad.
-- 
Regards,
Jörg-Volker.