On Saturday 09 September 2017 10:12:42 Juanito wrote: > 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? IIRC ALPS touchpad hardware itself does not work with non-ALPS trackpoint. Masaki, any comments? > >> 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 expected... You just created franken-hardware. Looks like with your hack patch it is possible to make buttons working, but I suspect that trackstick would. Maybe Masaki can provide more information about this fact if we can do anything. Dmitry, what you as maintainer going to do with this problem? -- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx
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