[TriLUG] Synaptics Touchpad and 2.6.x Kernel

[Jaimie Livingston]

Hi David, 

Which driver are you using? Are you using a generic mouse driver or are you loading a
specific driver for the touchpad? Have you read
http://www.tuxmobil.org/touchpad_driver.html

Jaimie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of David A. Cafaro
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:28 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Synaptics Touchpad and 2.6.x Kernel
> 
> 
> I actually tried Fedora Core 2 Test 3, and I couldn't even use the GUI
> installer because it couldn't find a mouse.  I was hopeing to install
> FC2 when it came out, but I doubt my issue will be fixed 
> between Test 3
> and the final.  
> 
> I'm starting to suspect that it may be this new version of 
> the synaptics
> touch-pad that is an issue.  Just frustrating to see it work so well
> with the 2.4.x kernels and not at all with the 2.6.x kernels.
> 
> -David
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 16:12, Chris Knowles wrote:
> > Well, I just finished installing Fedora Core 2 Test 3 on a 
> laptop with a
> > synaptics touchpad, and the 2.6.5 kernel and the touchpad 
> seem to get
> > along fine.
> > 
> > FC2 is scheduled to come out on Monday, so that's probably 
> the way I'd
> > go.
> > 
> > CJK 
> 
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