Re: 2.5.x inspiron touchpad breakage

[Andres Salomon]

The appropriate config section from my kernel:

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set

CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input I/O drivers
#
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710=m

The inspiron uses an i8042 for the keyboard and the external ps/2
mouse/keyboard port.  I'm not sure what it uses for the touchpad.

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:43:57 +1300, Andrew McGregor wrote:

> Works for me on an Inspiron 8000.  The trackpoint does not, which is a 
> known bug.  Of course, the 3800 might be different...
> 
> Have you been bitten by the input layer configuration issue?  Here's what I 
> have:
> 
> #
> # Input device support
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
> 
> #
> # Userland interfaces
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
> 
> #
> # Input Device Drivers
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
> CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
> CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
> 
> Andrew
> 
> --On Thursday, January 09, 2003 03:27:54 -0500 Andres Salomon 
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> 2.5.54 and 2.5.55 do not appear to initialize the touchpad on my Dell
>> Inspiron 3800.  No mouse device is detected until I plug a normal ps/2
>> mouse into the laptop.  I assume this is some weird bios thing.  2.4.x
>> works fine with it.  Does anyone have suggestions about where to look for
>> any changed in the 2.5 series that might've broken it, or any patches that
>> fix it?
>>
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