> Have you tested with Arne Koewing <ark@gmx.net>'s synaptics_reset patch:
>
> diff -Nru a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c     Thu Jun 12 04:26:48 2003
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.c     Thu Jun 12 04:26:48 2003
> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@
>                    thing up. */
>                 psmouse->vendor = "Synaptics";
>                 psmouse->name = "TouchPad";
> +              psmouse_command(psmouse, param, PSMOUSE_CMD_RESET_BAT);
>                 return PSMOUSE_PS2;
>         }
>
>
> w/o that patch, using 2.5 on a dell laptop disables the track point
> until something else causes a rest on the ps/2 bus, such as hot-
> plugging an external ps2 mouse or suspending and resuming the box.
>
> For that matter, does running the touchpad in absolute mode affect
> the track point at all?
>
> (I'm primarily just interested in stopping the unintended mouse button
> events I get from the pad's default config....)
>
> -JimC
>
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