Bug 149 - Laptop with touchpad and "pointer". Pointer never works
Summary: Laptop with touchpad and "pointer". Pointer never works
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Input Devices (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Vojtech Pavlik
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Reported: 2002-12-08 03:17 UTC by Paolo Ciarrocchi
Modified: 2004-02-01 05:46 UTC (History)
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Description Paolo Ciarrocchi 2002-12-08 03:17:17 UTC 
Exact Kernel version:2.5.50 (same problem with all the version I tried)
Distribution: Mandrake
Hardware Environment: HP Omnibook 6000
Software Environment:
Problem Description: I can not get my pointer working with all the 2.5.*. As 
far as I know the problem is related to the fact that the two pointer share the 
same aux port.

Steps to reproduce: Just boot ;-)
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2002-12-09 05:50:56 UTC 
what is the output of 

grep CONFIG_INPUT_ .config

?
Comment 2 Paolo Ciarrocchi 2002-12-10 01:15:46 UTC 
$ grep CONFIG_INPUT_ config-2.5.50
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=y
CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
Comment 3 Paolo Ciarrocchi 2002-12-10 01:16:15 UTC 
$ grep CONFIG_INPUT_ config-2.5.50
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR=y
CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
Comment 4 Vojtech Pavlik 2003-02-07 00:37:30 UTC 
This happens to a bunch of people. I have yet to find out how the two
input devices are connected and what to do to enable (or at least not disable) them.
Comment 5 Tobias Hunger 2003-08-12 09:44:24 UTC 
I have the same problem: With 2.6.0-test3 my touchpad and the little "joystick"
build into my laptop stopped to work. Both do run fine as a PS2-mouse in GPM and
XFree on 2.4.21 and older kernels.

I made sure I have the same config-settings as given belog. I compiled ps mouse
as a module though and whenever I load it a synaptics touchpad is discovered.
There are several tries to reset this device which fail.

I followed several instructions on how to use that synaptics driver in GPM and
XFree and can get neither of them to work.

This definitly is a showstopper for me: I can't really use a 2.6-kernel if that
breaks the mouse!

Feel free to ask for more information or tests.
Comment 6 Vojtech Pavlik 2003-08-21 04:41:06 UTC 
For proper support of the touchpoint (the little joysticky wart in the middle
of the keyboard), you either have to disable Synaptics support (use
psmouse_noext on the kernel command line) or have Synaptics pass-through support
enabled, which
I'm going to send to Linus today.
Comment 7 Vojtech Pavlik 2004-01-31 14:43:38 UTC 
Pass through support has been in the kernel for a while,
does everything work OK now?
Comment 8 Paolo Ciarrocchi 2004-02-01 05:10:28 UTC 
I don't have anymore that machine so I cannot test if it works.
I'm sorry but I cannot help you anymore on this specific topic.
Comment 9 Vojtech Pavlik 2004-02-01 05:46:06 UTC 
Ok, I'll close it then, since the fix can't be verified.
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