reload psmouse when compiled into kernel, or how to fix the trackpoint
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reload psmouse when compiled into kernel, or how to fix the trackpoint
Hi,
I have a thinkpad and sometimes after booting the trackpoint does not work
if this happens, on Slackware or Debian/Ubuntu based systems I can do
Code:
modprobe -r psmouse; sleep 2; modprobe psmouse
and than the trackpoint works.
but what could I do on o RedHat/centos or openSuse installation
modprobe psmouse tells me that the module is compiled in, so how can I get the trackpoint to work without a restart?
You can't.
You'll need to find the module parameter that fixes it, then pass that to the kernel at boot. Quick search suggests "psmouse.proto=imps" might work.
You can't.
You'll need to find the module parameter that fixes it, then pass that to the kernel at boot. Quick search suggests "psmouse.proto=imps" might work.
I would like to understand what makes the tackpoint not working, I mean there must be a reason that 8 from 10 times it works out of the box, and 2 times it doesn't
It might be old, but it works for me on my X200 and T410 (which are rather old themselves ).
P.S.
Which Thinkpad are you using?
w500 never happend, but his is not in use anymore, I always had xorg conf on this
x121e -> happes often, never a xorg conf
T410s -> very rarely but had happened , never a xorg conf
T420s -> cant remember , never a xorg conf
T430s -> very rarely but had happened , never a xorg conf
so it to work out of the box (of course Slackware needs some 50-synaptic.conf placed correctly)
can I restart some udev or something instead of reloading the kernel modules?
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