Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 0.14.7~git20070517-2 Followup-For: Bug #437923
My touchpad stopped working after a kernel upgrade, too. My kernels are built from linux-source-2.6.* with make-kpkg. With the latest 2.6.18 kernel, touchpad works OK. With 2.6.21 and 2.6.22 (from unstable), the touchpad doesn't work. I can be more specific, though: it actually isn't detected by the synaptics driver. When it works, here is the relevant part of Xorg.0.log: ##################################################### (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406) (--) Generic Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" (--) Generic Mouse touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Generic Mouse: Core Pointer (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD) Synaptics DeviceInit called SynapticsCtrl called. (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Synaptics DeviceOn called (--) Generic Mouse auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event1 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1" (--) Generic Mouse touchpad found Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2) (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2) SynapticsCtrl called. ##################################################### When it does not work (simply using the newly compiled kernel 2.6.21 or 2.6.22): ###################################################### (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.14.6 (1406) Generic Mouse no synaptics event device found (checked 14 nodes) (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700" (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300" (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700" (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200" (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" (**) Option "FingerLow" "25" (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30" (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180" (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Query no Synaptics: 6003C8 (EE) Generic Mouse no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device (EE) Generic Mouse Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" (WW) No core pointer registered (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded No core pointer Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices #################################################### As I put my touchpad as a core device, X refused to start, hence I realized it quickly. Nonetheless, with these kernels, "cat /dev/input/mouse0" shows that the touchpad events are recognized, i.e. moving the finger on the touchpad makes something appear on the console. The evdev driver of XOrg is loaded, and the evdev kernel module in compiled in the kernel (putting it as an independent module yielded the same result, anyway). Hence I think the problem lies somewhere in the detection of the touchpad and the kernel. Googling the problem directed me also to this page: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/89517 While not totally similar, the symptoms seem related. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-synaptics depends on: ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxi6 2:1.1.2-1 X11 Input extension library ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-11 X.Org X server -- core server xserver-xorg-input-synaptics recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
