On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Peter Berg Larsen wrote: > I believe you have two problems: a) Some buttons dont work. b) Using > absolut synaptics mode causes some problems. > > The sollution to a) is to use a newer version of gpm. (I would like to see > the the extra information printed if this does not help). > > b) is usually caused by two mouse drivers reading psaux, like gpm and X. > But you write that you tried repeater mode and it still does not work. I > can think of five reasons: 1) there is a third program that reads psaux. > 2) The synaptics absolut mode protocol is special for version 5.1. 3) a > third mouse is connected to the psaux that have a bad influence when the > synaptics is initalized. 4) some parameters/options have bad values. 5) It > is a problem that a not linked to the synaptics touchpad, but a general > problem with your gpm or system. > > Can you send some of the printed reports for the synaptics (stating with > >>synps2: fg--r .. etc <<) while moving the mouse and while clicking on > each button? > > > Peter > -- > E-Mail: pebl@xxxxxxxxxx > Real name: Peter Berg Larsen > Where: Department of Computer Science, Copenhagen Uni., Denmark I got gpm-1.20.1rc1 from ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/ and compilied it. Its much closer to working correctly :) but it isn't quite there yet :(. Here's what works: Moving the cursor on the console (mostly) Moving the cursor in X (mostly) Left and right buttons Middle toggle button (mostly) When I move the cursor on the console, occassionally, I'll get "Unrecognized Synaptic PS/2 Touchpad packet" messages. These seem to only occur when I have my finger close to the edge, but even then I don't get them all of the time. It may be related to virtual scrolling support... These messages don't seem to be too much of a problem on the console. However, when I use gpm to move the cursor in X, it is prone to hanging. It will move for a while, then it'll stop. If I move my finger around for a bit, or just wait, then I can use it again. I'm not sure if this is related to the "Unrecognized Synaptic PS/2 Touchpad packet" messages... The left and right buttons seem to work perfectly. The middle toggle button works almost perfectly - finally a real middle button! However, for some reason it don't get any middle button events until I press the left or right button or move my finger on the touchpad. Its almost like something doesn't get initialized at first. After I "kick-start" it, the middle toggle button works fine. I have debug output for all of these events (left, right, up, and down buttons, movement, and movement with "Unrecognized Synaptic PS/2 Touchpad packet" messages). Each file is ~8-17k, so I'll put copies on my website (http://www.k-lug.org/~griswold/gpm/) instead of attaching them. If there is anything else I can do to help, let me know. -- Richard Griswold - griswold@xxxxxxx There are only 10 types of people who understand binary - those who do and those who don't