Bug 33398

Summary:	xfree 4.3.99.15 lacks synaptics driver
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mario Vazquez <mario_vazq>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers <x11>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mario Vazquez 2003-11-13 08:23:14 UTC

after emerging xfree 4.3.99.15 found that my laptop build in touchpad was not
working.  After checking the xfree log found that the synaptics touchpad driver
was missing.  Check the ebuild and in fact, there is no reference to the driver,
which was available on previous xfree ebuilds either stable release or 4.3.99 betas.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Having a computer with xfree installed and synaptics driver configure on
XF86Config.
2. emerge /usr/portage/x11-base/xfree-4.3.99.15.ebuild

Actual Results:  
After next reboot the pointing device will be unavailable.

Expected Results:  
The touchpad should work without problem.

Comment 1 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-13 16:00:28 UTC

This is pasted from the ebuild. This warning prints before the source unpacks.
    einfo "The Synaptics driver is no longer built within XFree."
    einfo "To pull it in, set INPUT_DEVICES=\"synaptics\" in make.conf"
    einfo "or on the command line."

Feel free to emerge x11-misc/synaptics, as it isn't built in xfree anymore.