Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:46:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:46:15 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:60072 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:46:11 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Andres Salomon" Subject: Re: 2.5.x inspiron touchpad breakage Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 23:54:55 -0500 Message-ID: References: <39260000.1042119837@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Pan/0.13.3 (That cat's something I can't explain) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2592 Lines: 99 The appropriate config section from my kernel: # # Input device support # CONFIG_INPUT=y # # Userland interfaces # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024 # # Input Device Drivers # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL=m # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set # # Input I/O drivers # # CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y CONFIG_SERIO=y CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710=m The inspiron uses an i8042 for the keyboard and the external ps/2 mouse/keyboard port. I'm not sure what it uses for the touchpad. On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:43:57 +1300, Andrew McGregor wrote: > Works for me on an Inspiron 8000. The trackpoint does not, which is a > known bug. Of course, the 3800 might be different... > > Have you been bitten by the input layer configuration issue? Here's what I > have: > > # > # Input device support > # > CONFIG_INPUT=y > > # > # Userland interfaces > # > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y > > # > # Input Device Drivers > # > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y > CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y > CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y > > Andrew > > --On Thursday, January 09, 2003 03:27:54 -0500 Andres Salomon > wrote: > >> 2.5.54 and 2.5.55 do not appear to initialize the touchpad on my Dell >> Inspiron 3800. No mouse device is detected until I plug a normal ps/2 >> mouse into the laptop. I assume this is some weird bios thing. 2.4.x >> works fine with it. Does anyone have suggestions about where to look for >> any changed in the 2.5 series that might've broken it, or any patches that >> fix it? >> >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/