[ltp] trackpoint no longer working

[Stephen Evanchik]

On 7/20/05, Peter B. West <lists@pbw.id.au> wrote:
> Nils Trebing wrote:
> > Frank Dekervel|Smartlounge| wrote:
> >
> >
> I have a G41, gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r6, with trackpoint-2.6.12.patch
> applied.
> # ls /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0
> bind_mode  description  driver  ext_dev  inertia  middle_btn_disable
> power            rate   resetafter  sensitivity  speed   transparent  zti=
me
> bus        draghys      drvctl  id       jenks    mindrag
> press_to_select  reach  resolution  skipback     thresh  upthresh
> # ls /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1
> bind_mode  bus  description  driver  drvctl  extra  id  power  scroll
> set  softraw  softrepeat
> # cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/description
> i8042 Aux Port
> #  cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/description
> i8042 Kbd Port
>=20
> However, in /var/log/messages, I have
> kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
> kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> kernel: input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> kernel: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0E
> kernel: input: TrackPoint IBM TrackPoint on isa0060/serio1
>=20
> It looks as though there's some confusion between the keyboard and the
> trackpoint.

Ok, this is helpful for me... I assume you have an UltraNav? If so, is
your touchpad set to disabled in the BIOS?


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Stephen Evanchik
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