Thank you for your response. Here is some more information;
>> My system is a Compaq Presario 2710 with a synaptics touchpad+4-way
>> scroll key, firmware version 5.8. I am running RedHat 7.2 with
kernel
>> 2.4.17, ACPI version 20020225, and Xfree86 Version 4.2.0.
>Could you write what capacities the touchpad is detected as having.
>(Need
>option -D)
Here is the results of "gpm -Rimps2 -t synps2 -m /dev/mouse";
*** debug ***: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(2422)]:
Initializing Synaptics PS/2 TouchPad
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/gpn.c(363)]:
Started gpm successfully. Entered daemon mode.
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1613)]:
Firmware version 5.8
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param edge_motion_enabled set to False
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param edge_motion_speed_enabled set to False
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param corner_taps_enabled set to False
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param tap_gesture_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param pressure_speed_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param tossing_enabled set to False
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param does_toss_use_static_speed set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param low_pressure set to 10
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param speed_up_pressure set to 30
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1555)]:
Param pressure_factor set to 0.100
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1555)]:
Param standard_speed_factor set to 0.100
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param min_toss_time set to 100
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param max_toss_time set to 300
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param prevent_toss_time set to 300
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param min_toss_dist set to 2
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param static_toss_speed set to 70
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1555)]:
Param toss_speed_factor set to 0.500
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param edge_speed set to 20
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1585)]:
Param upper_left_action set to 0
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1585)]:
Param upper_right_action set to 2
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1585)]:
Param lower_left_action set to 0
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1585)]:
Param lower_right_action set to 3
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param wmode_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param drag_lock_enabled set to False
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param finger_threshold set to 10
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param tap_lower_limit set to 5
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param tap_upper_limit set to 200
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param tap_range set to 100
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param tap_interval set to 200
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param pads_tap_interval set to 8
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param multiple_tap_delay set to 30
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param palm_detect_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param palm_detect_level set to 12
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param multi_finger_tap_enable set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param multi_finger_stop_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param multi_finger_stop_delay set to 8
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param touch_pad_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param stick_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param scrolling_enabled set to True
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param scrolling_edge set to 2
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1571)]:
Param auto_scrolling_enabled set to True
info: [*** debug ***: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/gpm.c(880)]:
Screen size: 80 - 25
*** debug ***: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/gpm.c(897)]:
x 10, y 20
*** debug ***: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/gpm.c(903)]:
Removing files /var/run/gpm.pid and /dev/gpmctl
/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1543)]:
Param scrolling_speed set to 2
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1637)]:
Synaptics Ident: model_code=1 Firmware version 5.8
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1639)]:
Synaptics model:
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1640)]:
rot180: No
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1641)]:
portrait: No
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1642)]:
sensor: 29
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1643)]:
Reserved
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1644)]:
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1645)]:
0x0 res/mm
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1647)]:
0.0x 0.0 mm
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1649)]:
0x0 res
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1650)]:
hardware: 72
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1651)]:
newABS: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1652)]:
simpleCmd: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1653)]:
geometry: 1
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1654)]:
extended: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1655)]:
sleep: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1656)]:
4 buttons: No
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1657)]:
multifinger: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1658)]:
palmdetect: Yes
info: [/usr/src/gpm-1.20.0-patched/src/synaptics.c(1662)]:
Min Toss Dist^2: 0
>> I start gpm using the following;
>> "daemon gpm -Rimps2 -t synps2 -m /dev/mouse"
>What happens if you only use the touchpad as a ps2 device (you need to
>reboot).
How should I do this? My notebook does not yield a /dev/ps2 device,
only /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse (which is symlink to psaux).
>> The problems I experience are as follows;
>> #1: access console using <CTRL><ALT><F1> and return to X using
>> <CTRL><ALT><F7> no response from X for either mouse or keybaord.
This
>> happens 100% of the time with gpm 1.20.0 and only happened once with
gpm
>> 1.19.6. After this I must restart the system. During this
>> /var/log/messages do not report anything out of the ordinary.
>I dont know what can causes this (my guess is the kernel keybd.c, or
>the
>daemon state). Can you do any SysRq? What happens if you start gpm with
>-D. (What happens if you do an additional startx?)
X seems to hang, it does not completely redraw screen after return from
console. If I ssh into notebook and run top, X show 99.7% CPU
utilization. I have tried to change to init level 3, but that seems to
do nothing, I can however "shutdown -r now" and restart the system.
This leaves me in a delima if this happens when I have no other system
from which I can ssh. I then have no choice but to power-off the
notebook, something I prefer not to do without first shutting things
down properly.
>> #2: after X screen saver is running and returns to normal X display,
>> loose mouse and sometime keyboard. This happens approx. 20% of the
>> time. After this if I ssh to the notebook and restart gpm things
work
>> again. During this problem /var/log/messages reports "gpm[PID]:
garbage
>> or tossing PS/2 data"
>> > #3: sometimes during normal running, usually related with a window
>> close, I also experience mouse and keyboard loss as in problem #2.
Same
>> results and fix as #2 also.
>This is very probably because the touchpad is reset (after poweroff to
>save battery). Gpm does not detect when a device sends reset code. The
>garbage data is then ps2 protocol data. I dont understand why keyboard
>is
>effected though. Could you compile gpm with debug info, and next time
>it
>happens attach gdb to see where/what gpm is doing.