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
During the testing phase, a change was made that allowed synaptics to be configurable by running
system-config-display --reconfig
The needed information will be inserted into the xorg.conf file. So you were on the right track with running system-config-display on the system. When X is restarted, the touchpad should work.
I seem to remember mention that this does not yet work for the alps version. Checking the fedora-test-list archives might be useful to find information.
One nice thing on my laptop during the upgrade was that the touchpad worked while upgrading. This was a welcome feature for the installer.
Jim Jim
-- God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail. -- Phil Ochs, on the Second System Effect
