synaptics driver not loaded

[Josh Coffman]

--- Johan Lozano <johan.lozano at tiscali.be> wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:27 -0400, Matthew Saltzman
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005
> kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tuesday 16 August 2005 14:36, Matthew
> Saltzman wrote:
> > [...]
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info..
> > >
> > > Here's what I find now.
> > > If I look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log after a fresh
> re-boot I see the following in
> > > relation to the synaptics driver:
> > >
> > > The driver gets loaded:
> > >
> > > (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
> > > (II) Loading
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
> > > (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> > >        compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version =
> 1.0.0
> > >        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> > >        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version
> 0.4
> > >
> > > Then the  driver fails to find a valid device??
> > >
> > > (**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> > > (**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
> > > (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
> > > (**) Option "CorePointer"
> > > (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
> > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > > (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> > > (**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout:
> 50
> > > (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > > (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> > > (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
> > > (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.5
> > > Synaptics no synaptics event device found
> (checked 5 nodes)
> > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > > (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
> > > Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
> > > (EE) Synaptics no synaptics touchpad detected
> and no repeater device
> > > (EE) Synaptics Unable to query/initialize
> Synaptics hardware.
> > > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptics"
> > > (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
> > > (**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
> > > (**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard
> > >
> > >
> > > I've run the hardware browser and the system
> shows both the internal mouse
> > > (the touchpad) and the external usb mouse as
> /dev/input/mice
> > >
> > > Any ideas???
> > 
> > Not really.  For me, it's always Just Worked(tm)
> on my Thinkpad with FC4. 
> > Check /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/messages and
> make sure the kernel finds
> > the Synaptics device.  If it doesn't, then the
> xorg driver probably won't 
> > either.
> > 
> > My synaptics driver is synaptics-0.14.0-2, which
> ships with FC4.  I think 
> > you ought to be able to rebuild it and use it with
> FC3.  It may detect 
> > more devices.
> > 
> > Another post suggested reconfiguring your X with
> no external mouse.
> > 
> > 
> 
> i realise now that i am on the road and  have not
> always place for a
> mouse that i have the same problem as you have. did
> you solved yours and
> if so what did you do? i followed this thread and
> tried out all the
> suggestions w/o success. i can tell that maybe 1 of
> the 10 times my
> touchpad works but most of the time it's dead. 
> 
> Johan Lozano
> MicroBit, Duffel
> E-mail : johan.lozano at tiscali.be
> 
> GPG key : 9A9FBFE1

Looks similar to a message I used to get on my hp
z5000 laptop. Here's what I did...

> echo -n "reconnect" >
/sys/bus/serio/devices/serio3/drvctl

this comes from a linuxr3000 laptop list, so I don't
understand why, but it got synaptics to see the
touchpad. then I needed to get scroll working. i took
the extra step if allow usb mouse and touchpad
w/scroll simultaneiously:

[change config similar to:]
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23667&highlight=touchpad+usb+mouse

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "TouchPad" "AlwaysCore"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Buttons" "7"

	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
#	Option	"Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver  	"synaptics"
  Identifier  	"TouchPad"

  Option	"Device"  		"/dev/psaux"
  Option	"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
#  Option	"Protocol"		"alps"
#  Option	"Device"  		"/dev/input/event0"

#  Option	"Protocol"		"event"
  Option	"LeftEdge"		"120"
  Option	"RightEdge"		"830"
  Option	"TopEdge"		"120"
  Option	"BottomEdge"		"650"

  Option	"FingerLow"		"14"
  Option	"FingerHigh"		"15"
  Option	"MaxTapTime"		"260"
  Option	"MaxTapMove"		"100"
  Option	"EmulateMidButtonTime"	"75"

  Option	"VertScrollDelta"	"20"
  Option	"HorizScrollDelta"	"20"
  Option	"MinSpeed"		"0.3"
  Option	"MaxSpeed"		"0.5"
  Option	"AccelFactor"		"
0.01"
  Option	"EdgeMotionMinSpeed"	"15"
  Option	"EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"	"15"
  Option	"UpDownScrolling"	"1"
  Option	"CircularScrolling"	"1"

  Option	"CircScrollDelta"	"0.1"
  Option	"CircScrollTrigger"	"2"
  Option	"SHMConfig"		"on"
EndSection

hope this helps
-j


		
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