From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: Frank Steiner <fsteiner-mail@bio.ifi.lmu.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.8.1-mm1][input] - IBM TouchPad support added? Which patch is this? - Unsure still
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:27:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200409030227.42441.dtor_core@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41381972.8080600@bio.ifi.lmu.de>
On Friday 03 September 2004 02:12 am, Frank Steiner wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Tuesday 17 August 2004 03:02 am, Shawn Starr wrote:
> >
> >>Sorry, I stand corrected. I don't know where this patch is added from which
> >>enables the touchpad to act as a 'button press'.
> >>
> >
> >
> > mousedev now does tap emulation for touchpads working in absolute mode
> > (Synaptics) so you don't need to use psmouse.proto= parameter to force
> > it in PS/2 compatibility mode. Use mousedev.tap_time= option to control
> > it.
> >
> > The patch is only in -mm at the moment.
>
> Can that patch be downloaded somewhere to patch against 2.6.8.1? I don't
> have any tapping support for my synaptic touchpad on my compaq laptop after
> switching from 2.4 to 2.6.
> It seems that most of the patches at http://www.geocities.com/dt_or/input/2_6_7/
> are already in 2.6.8.1: Just the tapping stuff seems to be missing. And
> I can't extract your patch from the 2.6.9-rc1-mm2 stuff, because it seems
> to be mixed with some other patches there.
> Is there a sole version of this patch fir 2.6.8.1 somewhere?
>
No, I don't think I have one... If you are using BitKeeper, yo could just do:
bk pull bk://dtor.bkbits.net/input
But have you tried installing XFree86/XOrg Synaptics driver
(http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html)?
It does support tapping just fine...
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-03 7:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-17 7:49 [2.6.8.1-mm1][input] - IBM TouchPad support added? Which patch is this? Shawn Starr
2004-08-17 7:52 ` [2.6.8.1-mm1][input] - IBM TouchPad support added? Which patch is this? - Found it ignore Shawn Starr
2004-08-17 8:02 ` [2.6.8.1-mm1][input] - IBM TouchPad support added? Which patch is this? - Unsure still Shawn Starr
2004-08-17 13:01 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-08-18 1:46 ` Shawn Starr
2004-09-03 7:12 ` Frank Steiner
2004-09-03 7:27 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2004-09-03 7:53 ` Frank Steiner
2004-09-06 7:32 ` Frank Steiner
2004-09-17 1:49 ` [INPUT] mousedev touchpad functionality additions for inclusion into 2.6.9? Shawn Starr
2004-09-17 4:37 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-08-17 14:28 ` [2.6.8.1-mm1][input] - IBM TouchPad support added? Which patch is this? - Unsure still Alan Cox
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