iBook trackpad still not working
From: Robert Thompson <hidden>
Date: 2000-11-02 18:34:39
Hi, I don't know if y'all remember me, but I have been having trouble getting my iBook SE's trackpad working under Linux for months now. Recently Nathan Wagner (nw@granicus.if.org) complained on the list of a similar problem with his Pismo, only he was using 2.4.0testSomethingorOther. I just rsynced linux-pmac-stable, and the problem persists. It started when benh merged the new input layer into his tree (which I had to use for Rage Mobility support and so forth). I did some testing with the latest linux-pmac-stable:: If I configure the kernel not to use the new input layer for adb, the trackpad does not work. doing 'cat /dev/adbmouse > mousedata.out' to test results in "/dev/adbmouse: Resource temporarily unavailable". GPM was not running. X was not running. dmesg reports that everything was detected fine, says I have an adbmouse at 3 and sets handler to 4 (trackpad). If I configure the kernel with the new input layer, the trackpad *still* doesn't work. This time, I get no errors of any kind, it just "doesn't work." dmesg still reports everything detected fine, registers input devices and event devices and mouse0 and mouse1 (apparently, the mouse button emulation) and mentions mice as the PS/2 device for all mice in the system. Repeating the cat test with 'cat /dev/mice > mouseout.data' now results in an empty file, no matter how much I move my finger on the trackpad and click the button. No errors are reported on screen or in any log, there's just no data coming from the trackpad. Same results with /dev/mouse0. Attached is the dmesg for the kernel with the input layer. So, does anybody have any ideas? The keyboard works fine, so it's not a large ADB problem. It must be specific to mouse/trackpad handling... Thanks, Robbie Thompson
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