Re: PROBLEM: laptop touchpad on linux-2.6.0-test4

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Monday 01 September 2003 10:50 pm, Chris Peterson wrote:
> I upgraded a working Redhat 9 installation (linux-2.4.20) to
> linux-2.6.0-test4. I can boot and start X and Gnome successfully.
> Unfortunately, my laptop's touchpad and mouse "joystick" do not work. My
> laptop is a Dell Latitude C400. I have not tried an external mouse because
> my laptop does not have an external mouse port.
>
> Using Google, I've found some LKML threads about problems with the
> Synaptics touchpad driver and the evdev kernel module, but the threads end
> before a verified solution ("it works now. thanks!") is posted. Is there a
> known fix for this touchpad problem?
>

Please see:

http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html for a new XFree 
driver and bunch for extra kernel patches needed to make track stick
work

http://geocities.com/dt_or/gpm/gpm.html for updated version of GPM

Dmitry
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