I just saw I made a misstype: I use 2.6.24 from testing, not 2.6.14 as I said. Regards, Chris On 27/01/2008, CiM-9 wrote:

I'm using now Kernel 2.6.14 - and the synaptics still don't work as expected. I've attached some infos, maybe they're usefull to help me. I have no idea what to try next.

The 2.6.14 Kernel I installed: Was this a released one or a rc? Because the new appletouch is only included in kernel >= 2.6.14-rc8.

Regards Chris

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep synaptics (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation" (II) LoadModule: "synaptics" (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/inpuy//synaptics_drv.so Synaptics Touchpad no synaptics event device found (checked 22 nodes) (EE) Synaptics Touchpad no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"

$ uname -r 2.6.24-ARCH

relevant parts out of xorg.conf: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "MacBook 3.1" InputDevice "Mouse1" InputDevice "KeyBoard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "CorePointer" Screen "Screen 1" EndSection [...] Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "SHMConfig" "true" #some more options like AccelFactor, FastTaps, FingerLow,FingerHigh, etc EndSection

$ lsusb | grep Apple Bus 004 Device 002: 05ac:8300 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight (no firmware loaded) Bus 001 Device 003: 05ac:1000 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HCI MacBookPro (HID mode) Bus 007 Device 003: ID 05ac:0229 Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (MaxBook Pro) (ANSI) Bus 007: Device 002: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc.

$ ls /dev/input/ by-path/ event0 event1 event10 event11 event2 event3 event4 event5 event6 event7 event8 event9 mice mouse0 mouse1 mouse2

Other USB-Devices are empty. Only Apple Devices connected.

On 27/01/2008, Vinay Shastry wrote:

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On Jan 27, 2008 4:26 AM, CiM-9 wrote:

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The gentoo-wiki (http://gentoo-wiki.com/Macbook#Touchpad) provides a patch to fix this issue, but I just don't know how to apply this.

That Wiki Says: The appletouch driver of kernel <=2.6.24_rc8 doesn't recognize the 3rd Generation MacBook Touchpad.

Why don't you try the 2.6.24 kernel from testing?

-- Vinay S Shastry http://thenub.one09.net