public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ari Pollak <ajp@aripollak.com>
Subject: Re: synaptics driver
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:41:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200407112241.18914.dtor_core@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ccsvrq$frj$1@sea.gmane.org>

On Sunday 11 July 2004 10:17 pm, Ari Pollak wrote:
> Hi again. I just wanted to let you know that under 2.6.8-mm1, I'm still 
> experiencing the same synaptics-not-being-detected-at-system-startup bug 
> that happens with the newer input patches since earlier -mm kernels. 
> Sometimes my synaptics touchpad will get detected correctly (generally 
> after a cold reboot) and both my trackpoint & touchpad will work 
> properly, but other times (after warm reboot usually) the trackpoint 
> won't work, and the Synaptics X driver won't enable the extra touchpad 
> features. Removing & reloading the psmouse module after the system has 
> booted fixes the problem. With the more recent kernels, this seems to 
> happen even if psmouse is loaded before all the USB controller modules.
>

Usually that happens because of USB Legacy emulation screws up Synaptics
detection. You need to load your USB modules _before_ loading psmouse so
uhci (or ohci) would disable the legacy mode before psmouse starts
detection.

-- 
Dmitry

  reply	other threads:[~2004-07-12  3:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-08  6:55 [PATCH 0/8] New set of input patches Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:55 ` [PATCH 1/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:56   ` [PATCH 2/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:56     ` [PATCH 3/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:57       ` [PATCH 4/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:57         ` [PATCH 5/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:58           ` [PATCH 6/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:58             ` [PATCH 7/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-08  6:59               ` [PATCH 8/8] " Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-12  3:17   ` synaptics driver Ari Pollak
2004-07-12  3:41     ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2004-07-08 20:32 ` [PATCH 0/8] New set of input patches Pavel Machek
2004-07-09  3:48   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-09  5:06     ` Pavel Machek

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=200407112241.18914.dtor_core@ameritech.net \
    --to=dtor_core@ameritech.net \
    --cc=ajp@aripollak.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox