On 16/10/09 22:30:54, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 21:49:34 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote: > > > > SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad The /dev/input/event* device nodes > > seem to be missing > > > > Just noticed something. On my desktop event0, event1, mice, mouse0 etc > > are in /dev/input but on the laptop they are in /dev and /dev/input > > has > > only by-id and by-path > > > > Is that significant? > > Yes, it is; it probably means that something goes wrong when udev > creates the device node for the touchpad. My first guess is that you > upgraded to a newer version of udev, and that it now expects some novel > piece of information that your custom kernel does not provide. (IOW, I > side with Celejar and Andrew in suspecting your kernel configuration is > the cause of your problems.) > > Please install the newest stock kernel and boot into it; this will > immediately tell us if we are on the right track. Once we have > established that, we can delve into the details to find the relevant > setting.
Installed linux-image-2.6.30-2-486 but sorry to report that there is no difference - the touchpad still doesn't work and the event nodes are still in /dev. -- Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
