On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 10:21:52 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote: > 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.
OK, we can stop worrying about the kernel configuration for the moment. Now I would be interested in some details about your misplaced event devices; please show me the output of: stat /dev/event7 Also, let's check what udev is doing, with this command: udevadm test /class/input/input7/event7 This will produce a lot of output; please make it available on http://debian.pastebin.com and post the link here. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org