Hi Arne,
On Tuesday, 25 March 2003, Arne Koewing wrote:
> I recently posted this to linux-kernel (with a different subject) I
> had included a wrong ptch there, i think this one is ok.
>
> As some people before I had the 'Dell trackpoint does not work'
> problem after upgrading to 2.5.XX:
> That was:
>
> the trackpoint of your dell won't work until:
> - hibernate and wake up the system again
> - plug in an external mouse (you may remove it immediately)
>
> it seems that dells hardware is disabling the trackpoint if you probed
> for the touchpad. A device reset after probing does help, but I've no
> idea how this would affect other synaptics touchpad devices although I
> think most devices will not complain about one extra reset.
Thanks for making this patch available! It works really great for me on
my Dell Latitude C400. After a fresh boot of the Linux kernel both the
trackpoint and the touchpad now both work.
Thanks,
Niels
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