Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261265AbTGCMZc (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:25:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261300AbTGCMZb (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:25:31 -0400 Received: from mailg.telia.com ([194.22.194.26]:29928 "EHLO mailg.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261265AbTGCMZV (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:25:21 -0400 X-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: bert hubert Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Synaptics trouble in 2.5.73 References: <20030702185412.GA24350@outpost.ds9a.nl> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 03 Jul 2003 12:42:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20030702185412.GA24350@outpost.ds9a.nl> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2217 Lines: 44 bert hubert 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 - petero2@telia.com http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340 - 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/