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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:12 pm    Post subject: Where's my TOUCHPAD??? [SOLVED] Reply with quote

ok, i have gotten most of the install to work with the exception of the graphics card (which i'll save for another post) and the touchpad. I have read a bunch of posts about the touchpad and followed a ton of instructions on what to do.

i don't know if it has anything to do with this, but i'm getting this error on starting gentoo (although it seems to work properly once loaded...)

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!!some local file system failed to mount


right now in my kernel (kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6) i am using:

Device Drivers--> Input device support-->
<*> Event interface
<*> Mouse-->
<M> PS/2 mouse

i then compile and copy the kernel with the following:
Code:

#make clean
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bxImage /boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6


i also added "psmouse" to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-*.* as suggested in https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-347360-highlight-touchpad.html

i'm really at a loss here to why it isn't working... any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

-john


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Kernel & Hardware.
Not really an initial installation problem, and will probably get better response in Kernel & Hardware
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

:evil: i have been working on this same problem since friday with absolutely no progress made!!!

I have reconfigured the kernel a number of times and still the computer can's "see" the touchpad. If anyone can offer ANY help whatsoever i would definitely be greatful!!!

-john
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi!

First: I got also a T43, and the touchpad works perfectly out of the box... hope yours will works soon!

Second, I don't know a lot about touchpad, but in th input device support section, the "provide legacy/dev/psaux device" is also enable...

Not sure at all that this helps...

Good luck.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok, i've officially tried everything i can think of to get this touchpad working. i can't get xorg to start (because of some screen error- if you want to help i posted in Desktop Env. under "xorg crashes "no screens found""), but shouldn't the touchpad move the cursor when gentoo starts? is there another way to tell if it's working?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jmroach wrote:
ok, i've officially tried everything i can think of to get this touchpad working. i can't get xorg to start (because of some screen error- if you want to help i posted in Desktop Env. under "xorg crashes "no screens found""), but shouldn't the touchpad move the cursor when gentoo starts? is there another way to tell if it's working?


No, only if you have setup gpm. You can try to cat /dev/psaux, /dev/input/mice to see if it is working (if you move your finger in the mouse or press the buttons, it will output some weird characters).


What's the output of lsmod? I don't know if it makes any difference, but try make modules modules_install
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

What does dmesg says? Is there any info that say that Linux can found the Touchpad

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks a ton for the help guys. i just eneded up setting up my xorg.conf with the mouse in /dev/psaux and set up support for that in the kernel. i also disabled all of the touchpad support in the kernel (of which every thinkable configuration was tried :) anyway, when i
Code:

cat /dev/psaux


there was an input being read. after that i was pretty sure it was working- i fixed a bug to do with the graphics driver and xorg and finally everything worked.

thanks again for all of the help. i remembered using that "cat" command before, but i couldn't recall the syntax for it!

-john
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