On Tuesday 16 August 2005 14:36, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 August 2005 12:05, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 11:50 -0600, kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com
>>
>> wrote:
>>> How do I knopw for sure the synaptics driver is loaded. I suspect it is
>>> not loading in my xorg.conf file.
>>>
>>> The package is loaded :
>>>
>>> # rpm -qa | grep synaptics
>>> synaptics-0.13.5-5
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> $ rpm -qi synaptics
>>
>> That will tell you about the package. It may not be what you think it
>> is.
>>
>> Paul.
>> --
>> Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org>
>
> It is the package I expect. However if I change the primary input device
> (i.e. mouse0) in my xorg.conf file to use the synaptics driver via:
>
> Driver "synaptics"
>
> then the mouse does not work at all however if I use :
>
> Driver "mouse"
>
> then it works. This makes me suspect the synaptics driver is not loaded.
>
> Thoughts ?
The synaptics driver should indicate its status in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
Here are the relevant portions of my xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
[...]
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
[...]
That's how it was configured by a fresh install of FC4 (except for the
SHMConfig option). In theory, the touchpad (and pointing stick) and an
external mouse should all function as expected.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
Thanks for the info..
Here's what I find now.
If I look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log after a fresh re-boot I see the following in
relation to the synaptics driver:
The driver gets loaded:
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
(II) Module synaptics:
vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
Then the driver fails to find a valid device??
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
(**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.5
Synaptics no synaptics event device found (checked 5 nodes)
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
(EE) Synaptics no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device
(EE) Synaptics Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics"
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard
I've run the hardware browser and the system shows both the internal mouse
(the touchpad) and the external usb mouse as /dev/input/mice
Any ideas???