From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Continue: psmouse.c - synaptics touchpad driver sync problem
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:07:47 -0500
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On Tuesday 22 June 2004 02:52 am, Marc Waeckerlin wrote:
> In May there was a posting Thorsten Hirsch and a patch reply by Dmitry 
> Torokhov that did not help Thorsten.
> 
> I have exactely the same problem, and other people too. There's a thread on 
> this topic with a more detailed problem description at:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&postid=1004645#post1004645
> 
> The problem was pested regarding to Kernel 2.6.6, but an upgrade to Kernel 
> 2.6.7 did not help me. My problem is even much worse:
>  - The touchpad sometimes hangs and jumps.
>  - Hitting on the touchpad does no more click the first button.
>  - When I connect an external keyboard, the cursor somtimes jumps
>    around like crazy and clicks around like fool, even if I don't
>    click anything, but only move. When I then touch the keyboard,
>    the mouse becomes normal for a while - on SuSE kernel 2.6.5,
>    since. Since upgrade to kernel 2.6.7, does not become normal
>    any more.

Here your touchpad can be rest back to relative mode. Does passing
psmouse.resetafter=3 to the kernel helps things a bit?

-- 
Dmitry
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