Re: FC3, Sharp MM20, Synaptics touch pad

From: Satish Balay (balay_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 11/10/04

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    On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Frank wrote:

    > Satish Balay wrote:
    >
    > > What do you mean? FC3 already has 'synaptics' driver included - so you are
    > > overwriting this dirver?
    > >
    > > [balay@n-gage ~]$ rpm -q synaptics
    > > synaptics-0.13.5-5
    > >
    > >
    > Thanks for responding Satish .
    >
    > I tried the included driver without success. I noted that 0.13.6 was
    > available, and the release notes cited improved kernal 2.6.9 compatibility, so
    > I downloaded it, built it, and installed it. That all seemed to be painless.
    >
    > > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    > > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux
    > > >
    > >
    > > Did you copy/manually create your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? The above setting
    > > is for FC1-ish X11 - not FC2 or FC3
    > >
    > > I would sugest running system-config-display - and create a fresh
    > > xorg.conf file - and trying again.
    > >
    > When I couldn't get the touchpad recognized, I installed using a USB mouse.
    > I have edited the xorg.conf to include touchpad support, as per instructions
    > I found from people who had successfully installed Linux on the same model of
    > laptop that I have. Of course they were not using FC3. If something has
    > changed in that regard I would sure appreciate pointers!
    >
    > I have narrowed down my problem somewhat. The driver requires device nodes
    > /dev/input/event[012], but only 0 and 1 are present. I have created event2
    > with the correct major/minoir numbers, but after each reboot it is gone
    > again. Likewise I have done a "MAKEDEV psaux" and verified that it worked,
    > but after a reboot this node is also gone again.
    >
    > Under what circumstances are device nodes removed during a reboot?

    Don't know enough about MAKEDEV (or event[012]) - but the FC2/FC3
    change in xorg-x11 was:

    /dev/psaux -> /dev/input/mice

    And if you have multiple devices - maybe they'll appear as
    /dev/input/mouse0, mouse1 etc.

    You could try making this change - and see if it works. I thought
    'system-config-*' tools configured 'synaptics' correctly (perhaps
    system-config-mouse)

    Satish 

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