On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 08:59:47PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote: > [commit 52e039f3b0a5749f706b97491087b9632d30512f in hal git tree, > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal/commit/?id=52e039f3b0a5749f706b97491087b9632d30512f] > > That commit in hal (released as 0.5.14) - apparently - > causes some breakage. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=562052 > is one example (with my comments, Cc'd). > > Basically, in some cases synaptics touchpad is not > recognized as touchpad by hal and hence wrong driver > gets loaded. > > My example: > > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=12b1 > N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" > B: EV=b > B: KEY=6420 7000f 0 0 0 0 > B: ABS=11000003 > > (it's an Acer Aspire 9300 notebook, the touchpad has > 3 buttons, middle of which is like the main "ok" > button on a typical cell phone -- one can press it > to center and to any of 4 other directions). > > With this hunk: > > @@ -1184,9 +1182,4 @@ input_test_abs (HalDevice *d, const char > } > } > - > - if (test_bit (ABS_PRESSURE, bitmask_abs)) { > - hal_device_add_capability (d, "input.touchpad"); > - goto out; > - } > } > out: > > (ie, without the ABS_PRESSURE test) the device is not recognized > as a touchpad. Adding this test back restores things to normal. > The other change in that patch, BTN_TOUCH => BTN_TOOL_FINGER, > has no effect. > > The kernel is 2.6.32 currently. > > What's wrong? ;) >
Not sure, seems to be working here... Keying on ABS_PRESSURE is definitely not correct as some touchpads to not report it and many touchscreens do. Is this on 32 or 64 bit kernels? What about userspace? -- Dmitry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org