Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750733AbWHNPSI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:18:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750790AbWHNPSI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:18:08 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:6373 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750733AbWHNPSG (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:18:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:18:02 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Luke Sharkey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels Message-ID: <20060814151802.GB3196@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Dmitry Torokhov , Luke Sharkey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2033 Lines: 50 On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:36:14AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > 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)? There are cvs instructions at http://people.redhat.com/davej A link to cvsweb is also there. Quick version number mapping, based on cvs annotate kernel-2.6.spec .. 2054 - 2.6.16-rc6-git3 2154 - 2.6.17.3 2174 - 2.6.17.8 Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/