On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:05:49PM +0200, Chris wrote:
> 3) The touchpad on my fujitsu-siemens lifebook's just stopped - I see
> some kernel patches for these (synaptec) - will these appear in a
> debian standard kernel?
First check to see what drivers you need to be using. If it's a
"Synaptics TouchPad" then the following instructions should help.
0. Check to see which touchpad drivers you should be using
# cat /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=0000
N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
1. Install the correct kernel modules.
a. you must have the following options enabled in your kernel:
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2
Check /usr/src/linux/.config and make sure that these options are
eithre "Y"es or "M"odule. You don't have these two options you will
need to add them and recompile the kernel. Ideally you want both of
these options compiled directly into the kernel because they will not
be properly reloaded if you are using hibernation and sleep states.
b. If you have the evdev and ps2 mouse options installed as modules,
insert them now with:
# modprobe evdev
# modprobe psmouse
c. update your modules so these options are loaded next time
automatically:
# update-modules
2. Once your kernel is set up you will need to install the correct
drivers. You can grab the source code from:
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/files/
or use the Debian package (unstable has the same version as the source
code):
# apt-get install xfree86-driver-synaptics
3. I also upgraded my Xserver installation
# apt-get install xserver-xfree86
4. Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and change two sections.
a. the "InputDevice"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Mouse"
Driver "synaptics"
OPTION "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.20"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
b. and the "ServerLayout". Note that the Synaptics Mouse must come BEFORE
the Generic Mouse.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
More information is available from:
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html
Many thanks to hartwig felger for helping me to get my system working!
emma
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