On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:33:36 -0800 (PST), Johan Braennlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I've had trouble with my ALPS touchpad on my Acer Aspire, ever > since ALPS support was merged into the kernel. I've tried various > kernels from 2.6.11-rc3 to -rc5 (including some -mm kernels) and none > of them detect the pad. After sprinkling some printk's in the mouse > drivers, it seems like psmouse_connect in psmouse-base.c is never even > called. > > On the other hand, using earlier kernels (such as 2.6.9) with the > kernel patch from Peter Osterlund's driver package works fine. In that > case, I get lines like this in syslog: > > kernel: alps.c: E6 report: 00 00 64 > kernel: alps.c: E7 report: 73 02 14 > kernel: alps.c: E6 report: 00 00 64 > kernel: alps.c: E7 report: 73 02 14 > kernel: alps.c: Status: 15 01 0a > kernel: ALPS Touchpad (Glidepoint) detected > kernel: input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS TouchPad on isa0060/serio4 > > With the newer kernels, there's nothing ALPS-related in the log. Any > pointers on what to look for would be appreciated. My kernel config is > at http://nullinfinity.org/config-2.6.11-rc5 >
Hi, Does i8042 detect presence of an AUX port (check dmesg)? If not try booting with i8042.noacpi kernel boot option. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
