Re: Toshiba PS/2 touchpad on 2.6.X not working along bottom and right sides

From: Dmitry Torokhov (dtor_core_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 12/30/04

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    To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Haninger <ahaning@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:38:08 -0500

    On Wednesday 29 December 2004 10:11 am, Andrew Haninger wrote:
    > Hello.
    >
    > I recently installed Linux 2.6.10 on my Gateway Solo 2500 notebook
    > after using it happily with 2.4.27 (aside from some ACPI sleeping
    > issues). Since installing the new kernel, I've noticed an odd problem
    > with the Toshiba PS/2 touchpad which is used as a cursor. If I move my
    > finger left and right along the 'bottom' portion of the touchpad or up
    > and down along the right side, there is no movement from the mouse
    > cursor at all. This behavior shows up using gdm and XFree86. Running
    > 'xev' produces no output when these sides are used. However, if I move
    > my finger left-right along the top side or up-down along the left
    > side, the cursor moves just fine. Tapping the pad to click in the
    > non-working areas and moving the finger from outside of these areas
    > and then into them, however, works fine

    What does dmesg and /proc/bus/input/devices say about your touchpad? 

    -- 
Dmitry
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