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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:30 pm    Post subject: touchpad 'tap' worked in 2.6.0 not in 2.6.1 Reply with quote

I'm using a gateway solo 9300 with a Synaptics touchpad. Its always worked fine, kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.0. Nothing fancy in XF86Config:

Code:
Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Synaptics Touchpad"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/psaux"
  Option       "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
  Option       "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
  Option       "InputFashion" "Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "auto"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option        "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection


But now the touchpad won't 'tap' like it used to. Nothing else has changed. Boot back into 2.6.0 and it works fine again. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try installing the latest version of the Synaptics touchpad driver, located at http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html. Extract the archive, and copy the driver "synaptics_drv.o" into the XFree module folder, which usually is at /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/. You will have to do this as root.

I had to do this with a kernel upgrade recently -- I think it was moving from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks, I'd just done a google and found that. Its working now. :D A bit over-sensitive, but I believe I can adjust it.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just a tip: synaptics_drv.o is present in the last stable XFree version ..
I moved to 2.6.2_rc1 yesterday, and use it without a glitch
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