On Friday 12 November 2004 10:07 am, Julian Mayer wrote: > hello all > i just installed FC3 on a Medion 5400 laptop (which has a synaptics > touchpad) > during the install i used a external USB mouse but since it only has > one button i wanted to get the touchpad to work (which doesn't work per > default). > > it seems it is really impossible to get the synaptics touchpad working > on FC3, since kudzu doesn't see it at all: > "python > > >>> import kudzu > >>> kudzu.probe(kudzu.CLASS_MOUSE,kudzu.BUS_UNSPEC,kudzu.PROBE_ALL) > > [] > > >>> kudzu.probe(kudzu.CLASS_UNSPEC,kudzu.BUS_PSAUX,kudzu.PROBE_ALL) > > [Desc: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard > Driver: ignore > Device: None > ]" > > nevertheless i've tried the following: > 1. adding > "Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" > Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > EndSection" > to my Xorg.conf, but since /dev/psaux doesn't exist, it doesnt work > > i also tried doing cd /dev;./MAKEDEV psaux > but when i did "cat psaux" it says something like "no applicable > device found" > > in /dev/input only mice and mouse0 exist, which both only respond to > the external mouse... > > if i disconnect the USB mouse, mouse0 disappears...and no input source > is left > > 2. i've also tried adding "psmouse.proto=imps" to the grup.conf, no > success > > 3. select the "synaptics touchpad" in system-config-mouse and do a > system-config-display --reconfig > > by reading fedoraforums.org posts i know that the touchpad worked with > FC2, whats the deal? > can anyone help me? > thanks, julian Here is the synaptics section from my xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Emulater3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Check the ServerLayout Section and make sure you have: InputDevice "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore" In the Module section make sure that you have: Load "synaptics" Hope this helps. -- Wayne Leutwyler, RHCT Sys Admin / DBA Columbus, OH. USA
