Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

[Dax Kelson]

Brief summary: 3 button emulation very flaky
Linux: Fedora with 2.6.0-mm2
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 4150

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mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed
synaptics reset failed
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1
 Firmware: 5.9
 180 degree mounted touchpad
 Sensor: 27
 new absolute packet format
 Touchpad has extended capability bits
 -> multifinger detection
 -> palm detection
 -> pass-through port
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver resynced.
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver resynced.
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver lost sync at byte 1
Synaptics driver resynced.
input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on synaptics-pt/serio0
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
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When I highlight text and go to paste it by pressing both buttons at the
same time it only works 10% of the time. The majority of the time it
fails (don't paste anything).

When it fails, if I immediately press just the left mouse button about
1/2 the time it will paste.

I don't know if this is recent or not as I just recently started using
2.6 full time and I haven't used all the revisions.

Dax Kelson

Re: Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Friday 02 January 2004 01:24 am, Dax Kelson wrote:
> Brief summary: 3 button emulation very flaky
> Linux: Fedora with 2.6.0-mm2
> Laptop: Dell Inspiron 4150
>
> ----------------------------
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> synaptics reset failed
> synaptics reset failed
> synaptics reset failed

First off do not use ACPI PM timer...

Also, could you please tell me if it's X or GPM and what's in your "InputDevices"
section of XFConfig and what parameters are you passing to GPM.

Thank you,

Dmitry

Re: Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

[Dax Kelson]

On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 00:07, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2004 01:24 am, Dax Kelson wrote:
> > Brief summary: 3 button emulation very flaky
> > Linux: Fedora with 2.6.0-mm2
> > Laptop: Dell Inspiron 4150
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
> > synaptics reset failed
> > synaptics reset failed
> > synaptics reset failed
> 
> First off do not use ACPI PM timer...

OK

> Also, could you please tell me if it's X or GPM and what's in your "InputDevices"
> section of XFConfig and what parameters are you passing to GPM.

I have these two entries (stock Fedora and what worked with 2.4):

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection                                                                                
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

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My GPM invocation: gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps/2

(/dev/mouse is symlink to /dev/psaux)

Dax Kelson

Re: Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Friday 02 January 2004 02:50 am, Dax Kelson wrote:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>

Here is your other trouble - /dev/input/mice gets data from _all_
mouse-like devices in 2.6 so your touchpad data is processed twice.

Drop the first input section and set "Emulate3Buttons" on 2nd - it
does not hurt if your mouse has 3+ buttons.

Good luck,

Dmitry

Re: Synaptics 3button emulation hosed in 2.6.0-mm2

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Friday 02 January 2004 02:58 am, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2004 02:50 am, Dax Kelson wrote:
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >         Driver      "mouse"
> >         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> >         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> > EndSection
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "DevInputMice"
> >         Driver      "mouse"
> >         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> >         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> > EndSection
>
> Here is your other trouble - /dev/input/mice gets data from _all_
> mouse-like devices in 2.6 so your touchpad data is processed twice.

Ok, it's a bit late here and I can't read anymore... Actually in 2.6
/dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice are synonims (different device node
numbers but the same underlying device).

Anyway, your touchpad data is still processed twice ;)

Dmitry