Bug#455735: xserver-xorg-core: Touchpad not working anymore

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 06:00:57PM +0100, cabal@fastwebnet.it wrote:
> cabal@fastwebnet.it wrote:
>> even after upgrading xserver-xorg-core the touchpad doesn't work, but 
>> without any xorg.conf it works. So, now, I must understand where the 
>> problem is in my configuration.
>>
>> I'll take you up-to-date.
>
> Hi,
>
> with no xorg.conf the touchpad and the ext mouse work contemporarily but 
> the module synaptics isn't loaded, so I can't configure my touchpad.
>
> I could make my touchpad work and module synaptics loaded only if I set
> it as CorePointer (see xorg.conf.touch) but in this case the external
> mouse doesn't work (I think the problem is about the line in Xorg.log
> saying "(**) Mouse1: doesn't report core events").
>
...
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier	"Mouse1"
>     Driver "mouse"
>     Option "Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
>     Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5"
>     Option "Device"     "/dev/input/mice"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "synaptics"
>   Identifier    "Touchpad"
>   Option        "SendCoreEvents"	"true"

remove the above line and play with the CorePointer and SendCoreEvents
in the ServerLayout section instead.

>   Option        "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
>   Option        "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
...
> EndSection
> 
...
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier  "Default Layout"
>     Screen "Screen0"
> #    InputDevice   "Mouse1"    "CorePointer"
>     InputDevice   "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
>     InputDevice   "Touchpad"  "CorePointer"
> EndSection

what if you set the Touchpad as CorePointer and Mouse1 as
SendCoreEvents? (or viceversa fwiw)

thanks
-- 
mattia
:wq!