Re: [patch] Re: ps/2 mouse (synaptics touchpad)

From: Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech@suse.cz)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2000 - 11:52:50 EST


On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 11:20:45AM -0400, volodya@mindspring.com wrote:

>> Unfortunately your suggestion does not work - I just tried it - and with a
> good reason: if the code worked in the first place we would never go
> inside that "if" at all (or, in other words, there should be no reconnect
> events on a notebook while using bultin keyboard and mouse)
>
> I haven't thought about keyboard switches, sorry.. Perhaps, for now, the
> best alternative is an extra option in the kernel configuration "Support
> for keyboard/mouse switches" with explanation that it breaks Synaptics
> touchpads..
>
> Is there any other way to determine reconnect event ?

Look at the Linux input drivers at http://www.suse.cz/development/input
- they've got the reconnect detection right.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs

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