2003-07-02 18:39:59

by bert hubert

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Subject: Synaptics trouble in 2.5.73

Petero, List,

Up to 2.5.68 my laptop had no problems with its touchpad but since upgrading
to 2.5.73, neither gpm nor X see my mouse anymore.

>From dmesg:

Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: inport.c: Didn't find InPort mouse at 0x23c
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: logibm.c: Didn't find Logitech busmouse at 0x23c
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: pc110pad: I/O area 0x15e0-0x15e4 in use.
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: input: PC Speaker
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.0.
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Firware: 4.1
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Sensor: 8
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: new absolute packet format
Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: input: Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio2

Later on, I get this:
Synaptics driver lost sync at 1st byte
Synaptics driver lost sync at 4th byte
Synaptics driver resynced.

But the mouse still does not work. This is a 'Gericom' laptop, which
contains mostly SiS parts. Anything I can do to help debug this, just let me
know.

I saw mention of special X drivers for this, but the kernel messages appear
to indicate that the kernel itself is not succeeding in communicating with
the touchpad.

Thanks!


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2003-07-03 12:25:32

by Peter Osterlund

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Subject: Re: Synaptics trouble in 2.5.73

bert hubert <[email protected]> writes:

> Up to 2.5.68 my laptop had no problems with its touchpad but since upgrading
> to 2.5.73, neither gpm nor X see my mouse anymore.
>
> >From dmesg:
>
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: inport.c: Didn't find InPort mouse at 0x23c
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: logibm.c: Didn't find Logitech busmouse at 0x23c
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: pc110pad: I/O area 0x15e0-0x15e4 in use.
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: input: PC Speaker
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.0.
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Firware: 4.1
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: Sensor: 8
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: new absolute packet format
> Jul 2 20:17:38 snapcount kernel: input: Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio2
>
> Later on, I get this:
> Synaptics driver lost sync at 1st byte
> Synaptics driver lost sync at 4th byte
> Synaptics driver resynced.
>
> But the mouse still does not work. This is a 'Gericom' laptop, which
> contains mostly SiS parts. Anything I can do to help debug this, just let me
> know.

There have been some reports on the list concerning SiS and keyboard
oddities. (Missing key release events causing endless autorepeat for
example.) Maybe this problem is somehow related.

> I saw mention of special X drivers for this, but the kernel messages appear
> to indicate that the kernel itself is not succeeding in communicating with
> the touchpad.

The kernel messages could very well indicate that the communication
works 99.9% of the time, but you really need the special X driver or
else the touchpad will not work at all in X.

--
Peter Osterlund - [email protected]
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340

2003-07-03 16:13:28

by Niels den Otter

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Subject: Re: Synaptics trouble in 2.5.73

Peter,

On Thursday, 3 July 2003, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> > I saw mention of special X drivers for this, but the kernel messages
> > appear to indicate that the kernel itself is not succeeding in
> > communicating with the touchpad.
>
> The kernel messages could very well indicate that the communication
> works 99.9% of the time, but you really need the special X driver or
> else the touchpad will not work at all in X.

I am using the special driver in X and this works fine after a cold
boot. However after a hibernation of my laptop the mouse doesn't work
and syslog reports:

Jul 3 17:05:34 pangsit kernel: Synaptics driver lost sync at 1st byte
Jul 3 17:05:43 pangsit last message repeated 968 times
Jul 3 17:05:49 pangsit kernel: Synaptics driver lost sync at 1st byte
Jul 3 17:06:14 pangsit last message repeated 3773 times
Jul 3 17:07:12 pangsit kernel: Synaptics driver lost sync at 1st byte
[etc]

I have to reboot my laptop to get it working again.


-- Niels