After "emerge world" and switch to the new kernel ("emerge info" attached) Alps touchpad stopped to be determined on boot and synaptics lines disappeared from dmesg as well as from /proc/bus/input/devices, so X now obviously complaining that "touchpad no synaptics event device found". The same kernel configuration is preserved and CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT, CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2, CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE are enabled. Previous versions of synaptics not working as well (and before the upgrade - the latest driver was working), so the problem is not in the driver itself. What I'm missing? thanks
Created attachment 75144 [details] emerge info
Do you have CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV? See: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad and also: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0502.3/0516.html
yes, I have.
in my case AUX port has been detected: # dmesg | grep AUX serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 working kernel (for me) is 2.6.0 or so and from the recent ones I tried 2.6.12, 14 - without a success :(
forgot to add that noacpi is not an option for this machine which does not have BIOS, so only ACPI can route irq's in my understanding.
Sorry, just the last note here (for today :) The latest 2.6 kernel which is working i.e. Touchpad is recognized on boot (from currently available from Gentoo) and which I tried is 2.6.10. It's perfectly ok for this machine for now. Thanks
Please attach your .config (for 2.6.14) and the entire dmesg output (again from 2.6.14)
Created attachment 75820 [details] .config for 2.6.14-r4
Created attachment 75821 [details] dmesg for 2.6.14-r4
Although "emerge info" provided with the initial report was from 2.6.14-r5 and I just sent .config/dmesg from r4, I had exactly the same for both r4 and r5, so I'm not distinguishing them here. However if you need more info or .config/dmesg from r5 or different - please let me know.
Please test gentoo-sources-2.6.15 and see if the problem is there. If so, please attach the following: - dmesg from 2.6.10 - dmesg from 2.6.15 - /proc/bus/input/devices from 2.6.10 - /proc/bus/input/devices from 2.6.15 - dmidecode output from either kernel (may have to emerge dmidecode first)
SynTouchpad works with gentoo-sources-2.6.15 !!! (been recognized on boot with the same .config) I can be up-to-date with kernels again - the first time after 2.6.10! Thanks for your help!
