Synaptics Touchpad 2.6.0-test1 problem

Synaptics Touchpad 2.6.0-test1 problem

[Dax Kelson]

I'm using XFree86-4.3.0-17, I have the synaptics XF86 0.11.3p6 driver 
installed.

I have input, evdev, mousedev, psmouse in the kernel.

I get happy dmesg output when psmouse loads.

When X starts the cursor sits in the middle of the screen and won't move 
when I touch the touchpad or the buttons.

On the TTY from which I started the X server I see:

Synaptics DeviceInit called
SynapticsCtrl called
Synaptics DeviceOn called
SynapticsCtrl called
SynapticsCtrl called
Synaptics DeviceOff called

This last message looks suspicious. I dunno, maybe it's normal.  Either 
way the touchpad doesn't work.

Dax

Re: Synaptics Touchpad 2.6.0-test1 problem

[Peter Osterlund]

Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com> writes:

> I'm using XFree86-4.3.0-17, I have the synaptics XF86 0.11.3p6 driver 
> installed.
> 
> I have input, evdev, mousedev, psmouse in the kernel.
> 
> I get happy dmesg output when psmouse loads.
> 
> When X starts the cursor sits in the middle of the screen and won't move 
> when I touch the touchpad or the buttons.

Are you using the correct eventX device node? Look at
/proc/bus/input/devices to make sure. Verify from the console that you
get data from the device. Type

        cat /dev/input/eventX | od -x

access the touchpad and verify that some data is produced.

Your XF86Config file should have a section that looks something like
this:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"TouchPad"
	Driver	"synaptics"
	Option	"Device"	"/dev/input/event3"
	Option	"Protocol"	"event"
	Option	"SHMConfig"	"on"
EndSection

P.S. Auto-detection of the correct eventX device is under
construction, so pretty soon it will be much easier to set things up.

-- 
Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340