Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264559AbUAJC0k (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:26:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264565AbUAJC0k (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:26:40 -0500 Received: from smtp2.dei.uc.pt ([193.137.203.229]:55256 "EHLO smtp2.dei.uc.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264559AbUAJC0g (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:26:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:26:07 +0000 (WET) From: "Marcos D. Marado Torres" To: Jon Westgate cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.1 synaptics problems tapping and tap'n'drag In-Reply-To: <3FFF337E.3040603@oryn.fsck.tv> Message-ID: References: <3FFF337E.3040603@oryn.fsck.tv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-UC-DEI-MailScanner-Information: Please contact helpdesk@dei.uc.pt for more information X-UC-DEI-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2690 Lines: 71 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You just have to pass "proto=imps" to the kernel... Mind Booster Noori - -- ================================================== Marcos Daniel Marado Torres AKA Mind Booster Noori /"\ http://student.dei.uc.pt/~marado \ / marado@student.dei.uc.pt X ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ against HTML e-mail and Micro$oft attachments ================================================== On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Jon Westgate wrote: > Hi, > I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but if I run 2.6.1 > I get mouse problems that I didn't get with 2.6.0 > I'm running a compaq m300 (600MHz PIII) with a synaptics touch pad. > > In 2.6.0 there was an option to include or not include support for the > synaptics touchpad (I found that my touchpad worked just fine with that > option unchecked) in 2.6.1 that option is nolonger there. > > In 2.6.1 I find that the operation of the mouse is very erratic its > almost impossible to take your finger off the pad without the cursor > moving, Tapping doesn't work, The pad seems very accelerated (ie you > drag your finger a short distance and the cursor is at the other side of > the screen before you know it), Lastly if you dragged your finger to the > edge of the pad it used to continue on smoothly. This no longer works. > > My question is: > Is there a command line or append option I can put in lilo.conf to > prevent the synaptics driver from trying to reprogram my touchpad? I > quite like its default behavior. There is definatly something trying to > reprogram it as I have to turn off my laptop for it's behavior to return > to normal. Even if I reset it still needs a power cycle to fix it. > dmesg says my touchpad is this: > input: PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio4 > > I'm not running any special drivers or settings in XF86Config > I just have /dev/input/mice setup with protocol set as ImPS/2 > > Regards > Jon Westgate > > > - > 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/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQE//2LCmNlq8m+oD34RAtoNAKDJugcTaf5Q0+VKM8O4lLSijR87awCgzJk4 y57LLVU/ykNVITJlrwMruOo= =SyGY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/