Hello, On 09/08/2017 08:48 AM, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Friday 08 September 2017 07:00:34 Juanito wrote: >> >>> ThinkPad with ALPS? Should not be it Synaptic? Maybe >>> miss-detection? >> >> Sorry, I forgot to mention this. The ThinkPad came with a clickpad I >> **really** disliked, so I bought this on the Internet. > > So, here is a problem. ThinkPads works with Synaptic touchpads, not with > ALPS. > There definitely seems to be a problem here :) Do you mean that the alps code might not be detecting the trackpoint because probably the red thingie works with synaptics? So could this be the situation: ALPS driver: Hey touchpad! Do you have a trackstick? ALPS touchpad: No, I don't. AD: Ok! (and thinks 'I am going to have to ignore all trackstick packets that might arrive') So the driver understands that there can't possibly be any buttons because there is no trackstick? >> >> If by trackstick you mean the red thingie, it is **not** working. > > Ok. And it is working with your patch? > No, it isn't :( >>>>> I am not sure if the device is actually a DualPoint or not (I >>>>> don't really understand the terminology here), but the thing is >>>>> that the buttons work when the kernel believes it to be one. >>>>> >>>>> This is the info I have managed to find about the device while >>>>> running on the non-working debian: >>>>> >>>>> dmesg: >>>>> [ 2.914806] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as >>>>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input2 >>>>> >>>>> lsinput: >>>>> /dev/input/event11 >>>>> >>>>> bustype : BUS_I8042 >>>>> vendor : 0x2 >>>>> product : 0x8 >>>>> version : 1792 >>>>> name : "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" >>>>> phys : "isa0060/serio1/input0" >>>>> bits ev : (null) (null) (null) >>>>> >>>>> I have played around with the drivers/input/mouse/alps.c file and >>>>> found out the following: >>>>> >>>>> e7 and ec are important (although I don't know what these are >>>>> exactly) and have the following values: >>>>> >>>>> e7: 73 03 0a >>>>> ec: 88 b0 13 >>> >>> Masaki should know exact type of device... >>> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
