Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932298AbWHNOgQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:36:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932387AbWHNOgQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:36:16 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.168]:58332 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932298AbWHNOgQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:36:16 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jdbrMBe5SzHpNR8POl8k1a+hnKikRrXEi8+G7pGx8nAgBoO2j11/J0kDtLaoXQpJbCltXc3C0Lk+cJ/3FxS8QZXJW8MYAhUggAoCyjNZJLiklOECtSney9LafokPBoHHRCk/S53ADM0UDo/3YOzS+MebvI0sGsMdqg+4wlkltsA= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:36:14 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Luke Sharkey" Subject: Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Dave Jones" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1628 Lines: 37 On 8/14/06, Luke Sharkey wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I am emailing regarding some problems I have been having with the touchpad > on my laptop (a hp pavilion dv5046ea running Fedora Core 5 x86_64). > [ Here are the specifications for my laptop: > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12319008-69074479.html] > > > Support for my touchpad seems to have gotten worse rather than better in > successive kernels from 2054 onwards. > > While on 2054 it generally works fine, On the latest kernels (2154, 2174 > etc.) I have only to e.g. open a konqueror window for the onscreen pointer > to start going funny, and jerking about (As happens on computers with v. low > RAM). I know its not a RAM problem, as a) everything else works fine, there > is no slow down of any of the programs I run, only problems with the mouse > and b) I have just upgraded from 512 MB of RAM to 1 GB. > > If I plug in a mouse, the pointer works fine. Though I would happily use a > mouse, this is often inconvenient on a laptop. > What kind of touchpad is this? Are you using synaptics X driver or standard mouse driver? Also I am not quire sure what 2054 or 2154 is. Can you please try vanilla kernels from kernel.org? Dave, is there a place where one can see contents of a given RH kernel (without downloadig and unpacking SRPM)? -- Dmitry - 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/