[arch-general] Appletouch/Synaptics on MacBook 3,1

[CiM-9]

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 <cimnine at gmail.com> 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 <vinayshastry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 27, 2008 4:26 AM, CiM-9 <cimnine at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> >
>