On Tuesday 16 August 2005 14:36, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 12:05, Paul Howarth wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:50 -0600, kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> wrote: > >>> How do I knopw for sure the synaptics driver is loaded. I suspect it is > >>> not loading in my xorg.conf file. > >>> > >>> The package is loaded : > >>> > >>> # rpm -qa | grep synaptics > >>> synaptics-0.13.5-5 > >> > >> Try: > >> > >> $ rpm -qi synaptics > >> > >> That will tell you about the package. It may not be what you think it > >> is. > >> > >> Paul. > >> -- > >> Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > It is the package I expect. However if I change the primary input device > > (i.e. mouse0) in my xorg.conf file to use the synaptics driver via: > > > > Driver "synaptics" > > > > then the mouse does not work at all however if I use : > > > > Driver "mouse" > > > > then it works. This makes me suspect the synaptics driver is not loaded. > > > > Thoughts ? > > The synaptics driver should indicate its status in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. > > Here are the relevant portions of my xorg.conf: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > [...] > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > Option "SHMConfig" "on" > EndSection > > [...] > > That's how it was configured by a fresh install of FC4 (except for the > SHMConfig option). In theory, the touchpad (and pointing stick) and an > external mouse should all function as expected. > > > > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs Thanks for the info.. Here's what I find now. If I look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log after a fresh re-boot I see the following in relation to the synaptics driver: The driver gets loaded: (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4 Then the driver fails to find a valid device?? (**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" (**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice" (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" (**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5 (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.5 Synaptics no synaptics event device found (checked 5 nodes) (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" Query no Synaptics: 6003C8 (EE) Synaptics no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device (EE) Synaptics Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics" (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard I've run the hardware browser and the system shows both the internal mouse (the touchpad) and the external usb mouse as /dev/input/mice Any ideas???
