Re: ALPS stop worked between 2.6.13 and 2.6.16

[Romano Giannetti <romanol@upcomillas.es>]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 11:55:03AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 3/29/06, Romano Giannetti <romanol@upcomillas.es> wrote:
> >
> > but then nothing happened, no devices etc. So evidently the new udev is
> > unable to cope with the old and maybe buggy Mandriva 2005 configuration[1].
> > I unfortunately have no time to desentangle the dependency mess, so it's
> > time to stop testing new kernels... unless anyone can point me to a "howto".
> >
> 
> I am sorry to hear that. You might want to check on the hotplug list,
> maybe someone there could offer you some guidance. To tell you the
> truth I am still running with static /dev...
> 

Well, if you can hint a "mknod" I can add to my rc scripts to have the ALPS
touchpad working with the old udev, I wouldn't mind sticking it in my
system. I have /dev/psaux created ok, but then it seems that the synapctics
drivers seraches for a /dev/input/event? which do not exists. It is possible
to have a static entry "working everytime" (I mean, booting with/without
external mouse, with/withour external keypad etc.)? If so I paint myself
happy. 

Romano 

PD: totally unrelated. I was toying with the idea of trasforming a IR remote
control in a "keyboard". I think there is a way to create a userspace input
device and then feeding back the "keypresses" to the kernel... can you point
me to more info on this? Thanks!


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