On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Frank wrote: > Satish Balay wrote: > > > What do you mean? FC3 already has 'synaptics' driver included - so you are > > overwriting this dirver? > > > > [balay@n-gage ~]$ rpm -q synaptics > > synaptics-0.13.5-5 > > > > > Thanks for responding Satish . > > I tried the included driver without success. I noted that 0.13.6 was > available, and the release notes cited improved kernal 2.6.9 compatibility, so > I downloaded it, built it, and installed it. That all seemed to be painless. > > > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux > > > > > > > Did you copy/manually create your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? The above setting > > is for FC1-ish X11 - not FC2 or FC3 > > > > I would sugest running system-config-display - and create a fresh > > xorg.conf file - and trying again. > > > When I couldn't get the touchpad recognized, I installed using a USB mouse. > I have edited the xorg.conf to include touchpad support, as per instructions > I found from people who had successfully installed Linux on the same model of > laptop that I have. Of course they were not using FC3. If something has > changed in that regard I would sure appreciate pointers! > > I have narrowed down my problem somewhat. The driver requires device nodes > /dev/input/event[012], but only 0 and 1 are present. I have created event2 > with the correct major/minoir numbers, but after each reboot it is gone > again. Likewise I have done a "MAKEDEV psaux" and verified that it worked, > but after a reboot this node is also gone again. > > Under what circumstances are device nodes removed during a reboot? Don't know enough about MAKEDEV (or event[012]) - but the FC2/FC3 change in xorg-x11 was: /dev/psaux -> /dev/input/mice And if you have multiple devices - maybe they'll appear as /dev/input/mouse0, mouse1 etc. You could try making this change - and see if it works. I thought 'system-config-*' tools configured 'synaptics' correctly (perhaps system-config-mouse) Satish
