[ltp] T30 and 2.6 kernel

[Jérôme]

I have the same problem with 2.6 on my R40, and something strange too, 
the trackpoint doesn't work all the time ... Maybe 50% of the time, one 
out of two boots... strange, huh?

Alexis de Lattre wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003, Peter Johanson wrote :
> 
>>For you development kernel junkies, attached is a patch to the above
>>driver to make it compile (and seeminly work, i haven't heavily stress
>>tested it) with 2.6.0-test2. It should in theory work with any recent
>>development kernels though. enjoy.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your patch. I tested it with 2.6.0-test2 and the wireless
> card works OK.
> 
> But I have a problem with 2.6 kernels on my T30 that prevent me from
> using them for normal use. Since the arrival of the new input structure
> in 2.5, I can't make the mouse work (I have both the trackpoint and
> trackpad). I compiled my 2.6 kernel with this configuration file:
> http://www.via.ecp.fr/~alexis/t30/config-2.6.0-test2
> 
> When I do "modprobe psmouse", I have in my "syslog":
> 
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel: Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  Firware: 5.9
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  Sensor: 44
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  new absolute packet format
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  Touchpad has extended capability bits
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  -> multifinger detection
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel:  -> palm detection
> Jul 29 15:23:43 alpy kernel: input: Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad on
> isa0060/serio1
> 
> But I can't do a "cat" on any of the devices in the directory
> /dev/input/ (I tried /dev/input/event*, /dev/input/mouse*,
> /dev/input/mice, /dev/input/js*).
> 
> So I removed "psmouse" and loaded "mousedev":
> 
> Jul 29 17:04:42 alpy kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> 
> Then I can do "cat /dev/psaux", but there is no data going out of the
> device when I use the trackpoint or the touchpad !
> 

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* Jérôme Andrieux * j-andrieux@laposte.net *
Tuesday	07/29/03
Where will it all end?  Probably somewhere near where it all began.