On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 07:18, Mauri Sahlberg wrote: > Hello, > > Story so far. Worked without any additional driver on FC1 but installed > driver for X11 anyway to get full functionality. Works with Knoppix > standard kernel. Does not work at all either with FC2 or Mandrake 10. > What is the difference? Knoppix and FC 1 both use 2.4 kernels and > Mandrake 10 and FC 2 have 2.6 kernels. > > Tried compiling 2.6.5 with psaux and tried adding psmouse.proto=imps on > boot. Tried 2.6.6 kernel from update-testing and it makes no difference. > Tried installing driver for X but knew that to be futile and found it to > be futile as the kernel does not recognize the touchpad, so how could > the driver find something that does not exist? > > I have searched web for a solution and all solutions I found for > synaptics are for the steps that are necessary to fully utilize the > touchpad and not how to get it recognized. Am I the only one who can not > get it to work at all? Any ideas what I am doing wrong or I could try? > You need to install a driver for the Synaptics touch pad with FC2. I don't remember where I found the driver but you should be able to find it in the archives for this list. One of these should point you to the driver: http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=synaptics+driver&cmd=Search%21
