PointStick not detected by kernel?

funyotros · 05-12-2009, 05:35 PM

Hi there! Greetings from Argentina!
Ive got a HP nc2400 Laptop and Fedora10i386 take my touchstik (or pointstick) like a ps/2 mouse so I can't change the sensibility or pressure. In windows xp, the driver provider is Synaptics.

Just if it helps
here is my /proc/bus/input/devices:

Code:

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0002 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button (FF)"
P: Phys=LNXPWRBN/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event0 
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0003 Version=0000
N: Name="Sleep Button (CM)"
P: Phys=PNP0C0E/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event1 
B: EV=3
B: KEY=4000 0 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="Lid Switch"
P: Phys=PNP0C0D/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event2 
B: EV=21
B: SW=1

I: Bus=0017 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="Macintosh mouse button emulation"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input3
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event3 
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event4 
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=20000 200 20 40 0 0 0 5004 2100000 83803078 f900d401 feffffdf ffefffff ffffffff ffffffff
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event5 
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=001f Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="PC Speaker"
P: Phys=isa0061/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event6 
B: EV=40001
B: SND=6

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0006 Version=0000
N: Name="Video Bus"
P: Phys=/video/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event7 
B: EV=3
B: KEY=3f000b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Should I recompile the kernel? Seek for the official driver?
ANY help is welcome, I've had tested it in Ubuntu 9.04 too, but it doesn't work either. 0.o

Thanks in advance!
pD: Sorry for my english

serafean · 05-14-2009, 09:44 AM

Hi, there is a Synaptics driver for Linux, you just need to enable it in the driver option of your mouse section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi of which an example should be in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor, if Fedora 10 ships with hal enabled Xorg) by changin the driver to synaptics. To get more information about your devices, I suggest using the lshal program.

funyotros · 05-15-2009, 06:49 PM

Thanks! I've already tried that. It didn't work.
Here is my /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>                                         

<!-- DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE IN PLACE.
     This file will be overwritten with the next update. If you need to add
     custom options, copy the file into /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ first.        
                                                                           
     See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration -->     

<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>                
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad">
        <!-- To add custom options for the touchpad, modify the examples below
             to suit your needs. The available options are listed in the      
             "synaptics" man page. After modifyfing this file, you must       
             restart HAL. Check the output of lshal whether your modifications
             have been merged successfully.                                   
             The options need to merged in the section that applies to your   
             specific touchpad.                                               

             Note: Options must always be type "string".
             The following examples enable left, right, middle clicks on
             single, double, triple finger tapping, respectively.       

             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge>
        -->                                                                   
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="appletouch">
          <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="bcm5974">
          <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

After do

Quote:

lshal | grep ynaptics

Shows nothing.
But

Quote:

lshal | grep /2

Shows:

Code:

info.product = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)'  (string)
  pnp.description = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)'  (string)
  info.product = 'PS/2 Generic Mouse'  (string)
  input.product = 'PS/2 Generic Mouse'  (string)

But I really have a touchstik!Here is me typing this post.
Help!! Please!

serafean · 05-16-2009, 05:24 AM

Hi, you need to search for "TouchPad" or "Stick" using grep, synaptics isn't a device type.
The 10-synaptics.fdi file has to go into /etc/hal/fdi/policy/

Code:

<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">

This is the line that, in my case, detects to which device apply the rules...