Re: Synaptic problems on Vaio GRX516MD

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:51:56AM +0200, Erwin Rol wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> i am having problems with the synaptic touchpad on my vaio GRX516MD.
> Under 2.4 it works normally (also with the synaptic XFree module) but
> under 2.5 and 2.6 it just doesn't work. The XFree module complains that
> /dev/psaux isn't a synaptic device.

You need a different XFree86 driver for 2.5 - see
	http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html

> Also when i press a key on the keyboard it just shows one time, but when
> i touch the synaptic pad at the time of pressing the key the key gets
> repeated 5 or 6 times  (after releasing the key). 

This is interesting ...

> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  Firware: 5.9
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  Sensor: 37
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  new absolute packet format
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  Touchpad has extended capability bits
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  -> multifinger detection
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel:  -> palm detection
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: input: Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: input: AT Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> Jul 14 23:28:22 vaio kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR