This sounds like the same thing I sent a mail before but for dell inspiron 600m... I'm copying an answer I got pretty useful:
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 A. C. Censi to debian-laptop I have the same problem with an old vintage Sony Vaio PCG-R505JL, From my research in the kernel lists, it seems that, for 2.6.11 maintainer selected to disable the hardware double tapping of Alps touchpad, in favor of doing it by software in the driver, as the kernel message says. Unfotunately it does not work well for most people like us, so in new kernel version 2.6.12, when released, the driver eill return to use hardware tapping. Until them you can try use the psmouse proto=imps, as suggested in the Fedora list (as an option to kernel in grub or lilo if psmouse is in kernel, or as an option to module, in modprobe,conf). In any way for me it does not worked !?!? ACC 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 You can find that I guess in the archives... On posterior mail exchange ACC indicated 2.6.11 kernel detects the touchpad correctly, and its tapping is just disabled by kernel in favor of software drivers (besides some bugs related to touchpad and mouse present), but on kernel 2.6.12 (not released yet, but I read the 1st rc change_log and the changes required seem to be there) the tapping for the correctly detected touchpad will be enabled again (at least that's what I got)... To revert touchpad detection to what is detected on kernel 2.6.10, just modify boot parameter as mentioned by ACC, it may work as it did for inspiron 600m, or it might not as it didn't for ACC's Vaio... Javier. On 5/23/05, Thadeu Penna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm the same weird behavior on HP Pavillion zx5820 here. > I went back to sarge 2.6.8 to get it working fine again. It is a pity > because I had to recompile alsa since 2.6.8 does not get along with my > atiixp soundcard... > > Curt Howland wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi. Up-To-Date Sid on a Vaio PCG-GRT170. > > > > I finally tracked down the problem I've had trying to go from kernel > > 2.6.10 to 2.6.11, which I noticed recently became the "official" > > latest Debian kernel. Or rather, 2.6.10 is showing up as obsolete > > today. > > > > Anyway, when the "psmouse" module loads in 2.6.10, I get the following > > message: > > - ----------- > > ~# modprobe psmouse > > input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on isa0060/serio1 > > - ----------- > > > > and everything works just fine. Smooth fine position control, 3-button > > emulation, copy/paste, strike the touchpad surface and it "clicks" > > button 1, stuff like that. > > > > However, under 2.6.11, the following message comes up: > > - ----------- > > ~# modprobe psmouse > > ALPS Touchpad (Glidepoint) detected > > Disabling hardware tapping > > input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS TouchPad on isa0060/serio1 > > - ----------- > > > > Fine movement is no longer smooth, distance is inconsistent, > > copy/paste is flaky to say the least, and worst of all there is no > > "click" when I hit the touchpad with my finger. > > > > Is there a way to disable checking, to force "PS/2 Generic"-ness upon > > the module? Sometimes hardware detection can go too far, it seems. > > > > I'm not going to open a trouble ticket on the module until it's > > obvious there is no way around the detection routine, or I can > > communicate the action and fix to the kernel packagers. > > > > Curt- > > > -- > ___ _ .''`. > | |_ _. _| _ |_) _ ._ ._ _. : :' : > | | |(_|(_|(/_|_| | (/_| || |(_| `. `'` > Linux User #50500 `- > Prof.Adjunto - Instituto de Física ---Debian- > Universidade Federal Fluminense Alpha/i386 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
