Re: Wrong Synaptics Touchpad detection when USB mouse present

[Mattia Dongili <dongili@supereva.it>]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:09:52PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:17:49PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > [Please Cc me as I'm not subscribed to the list]
> > 
> > I'm experiencing problems with a dual configuration of mice on my
> > laptop. The sympthoms are:
> > 
> > - if I boot with my Logitech USB mouse plugged in, the Synaptics
> >   Touchpad is not recognized as such but as "PS/2 Generic Mouse"
> > 
> > - if I boot without USB mouse plugged in or if I simply reload psmouse
> >   after the boot process, the Synaptics Touchpad is recognized correctly
> > 
> > So it has something to do with the order modules are loaded.
> 
> Load the USB modules first. It's your BIOS intervening. Or disable USB
> Mouse support or USB Legacy support in the BIOS.

Unfortunately I have no such options on my bios (Sony Vaio GR7/K -
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 - R0208C0).

Anyway I solved this problem loading uhci_hcd + hid before
psmouse in /etc/modules

Thanks for your help
-- 
mattia
:wq!