On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:27 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 14:36, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > [...] > > > > > > 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??? > > Not really. For me, it's always Just Worked(tm) on my Thinkpad with FC4. > Check /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/messages and make sure the kernel finds > the Synaptics device. If it doesn't, then the xorg driver probably won't > either. > > My synaptics driver is synaptics-0.14.0-2, which ships with FC4. I think > you ought to be able to rebuild it and use it with FC3. It may detect > more devices. > > Another post suggested reconfiguring your X with no external mouse. > > i realise now that i am on the road and have not always place for a mouse that i have the same problem as you have. did you solved yours and if so what did you do? i followed this thread and tried out all the suggestions w/o success. i can tell that maybe 1 of the 10 times my touchpad works but most of the time it's dead. Johan Lozano MicroBit, Duffel E-mail : johan.lozano@xxxxxxxxxx GPG key : 9A9FBFE1
