Bug 279127

Summary:	Ebuild for Jan Steinhoff's synaptics-usb driver
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Greg Turner <gmturner007>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.jan-steinhoff.de/linux/synaptics-usb.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Overlay-ish tree of driver ebuild and supporting files This small update to the ebuild fixes a bug New version with support for latest kernels synaptics-usb.rc Patch to support latest (2.6.35+) kernels 1.5-rc7 ebuild with 2.6.36 patch patch to support newest kernels synaptics-usb-1.5_rc8.ebuild synaptics-usb-1.5_rc8-r1.ebuild

Description Greg Turner 2009-07-26 07:22:12 UTC

This ebuild builds the kernel module and provides an init script to automagically switch the thing on.  It also prints out some unnecessarily witty warnings about how to make it all work.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to use your synaptics touchpad
2. it doesnt work
3. scratch head and curse for weeks, pointlessly manipulating .fdi policy file
4. discover that you need kernel driver
5. discover that no ebuild exists for kernel driver
Actual Results:  
Much time is wasted

Expected Results:  
Time is saved by useful ebuild.

Comment 1 Greg Turner 2009-07-26 07:26:43 UTC

Created attachment 199203 [details]
Overlay-ish tree of driver ebuild and supporting files

Comment 2 Greg Turner 2009-10-06 01:25:31 UTC

Created attachment 206210 [details]
This small update to the ebuild fixes a bug

A very small bugfix to the ebuild.

Comment 3 Greg Turner 2010-08-06 20:15:50 UTC

Created attachment 241679 [details]
New version with support for latest kernels

Version rc6 support, plus several minor changes.

Comment 4 Greg Turner 2010-08-06 20:16:40 UTC

Created attachment 241681 [details]
synaptics-usb.rc

Comment 5 Greg Turner 2010-08-06 20:17:14 UTC

Created attachment 241683 [details, diff]
Patch to support latest (2.6.35+) kernels

Comment 6 Greg Turner 2010-11-19 02:54:58 UTC

Created attachment 254779 [details]
1.5-rc7 ebuild with 2.6.36 patch

Comment 7 Greg Turner 2010-11-19 02:56:04 UTC

Created attachment 254781 [details, diff]
patch to support newest kernels

Comment 8 Greg Turner 2011-01-08 20:55:09 UTC

Created attachment 259320 [details]
synaptics-usb-1.5_rc8.ebuild

version 1.5-rc8

Comment 9 Greg Turner 2011-05-17 19:26:18 UTC

Created attachment 273701 [details]
synaptics-usb-1.5_rc8-r1.ebuild

Trivial update; basically just adds linux-info to ebuild inherit clause

Comment 10 Greg Turner 2012-08-05 07:53:53 UTC

This is in the kernel now.  I don't plan on maintaining it further and I never saw any sign that anybody but me was using it anyhow :)

So marking as resolved.