From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264860AbUGLDlW (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:41:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266702AbUGLDlW (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:41:22 -0400 Received: from smtp805.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.168.184]:32599 "HELO smtp805.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264860AbUGLDlU (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:41:20 -0400 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: synaptics driver Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:41:18 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: Ari Pollak References: <200407080155.07827.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <200407080155.38937.dtor_core@ameritech.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407112241.18914.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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