50837 – toshiba mousepad does not work without devfs

Bug 50837 - toshiba mousepad does not work without devfs

Summary: toshiba mousepad does not work without devfs

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE)

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Reported:	2004-05-12 04:17 UTC by Eggert
Modified:	2004-05-12 22:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Eggert 2004-05-12 04:17:58 UTC

I installed udev/sysfs as described in the documentation on my toshiba notebook Satellite A40, running Gentoo 2004.1. When I disable the kernel option to start the devfs (as the documentation says) the mousepad of the notebook does not work anymore. When I reenable the option (and rebuild the kernel again) the mousepad works, but I guess now I don't run on udev.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install udev/sysfs as described in the gentoo documentation on a Toshiba A40 notebook
2. Reboot with the rebuilt kernel 2.6.5 (gentoo-dev sources)
3. test the mousepad
Actual Results:  
mousepad shows no reaction

Expected Results:  
mousepad should work as normal

Comment 1 Peter Jensen 2004-05-12 05:04:47 UTC

Stupid question, but did you configure X/gpm to use the udev device?
I'm not sure, but the mouse device name may be different from what it was under devfs.

Comment 2 Eggert 2004-05-12 12:22:16 UTC

Ok, stupid me, did not read all docs. Changing the device name from /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux in XF86Config did solve the problem.

Comment 3 Peter Jensen 2004-05-12 13:03:52 UTC

Then please mark the bug as resolved.
The resolution INVALID seems to apply here, since this was never actually a bug in Gentoo.

Comment 4 Eggert 2004-05-12 22:49:29 UTC

Problem solved, was user error