Re: touchpad (PS/2) mouse detection problem.

[Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@hotpop.com>]

Vadim Garber ENEnet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've compiled the 2.6.6 kernel, and I can't seem to get my laptops 
> touchpad to get detected.
> The touchpad runs on the ps/2 protocol; so it seems like there would be 
> no problems with
> detection. But of course I'm not a very lucky person ;-). The touchpad 
> itself does have an
> on/off botton; and I've made sure to keep it ON. This is a strange 
> problem because I don't
> seem to have it in older kernels (2.4.x). Cat'ing 
> /proc/bus/input/devices also doesn't turn up
> any useful information; just returns my keyboard (which works; yepi!). 
> I've compiled
> psmouse both into the kernel and as a module; both don't work.
> 
> dmesg only shows "mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice" but no 
> 'input:' line.

More info on the laptop mfgr/series/model and the touchpad 
type? Which input modules do you have, compiled in or as 
modules?

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