Tap not working in touchpad in fedora core 2

peevee · 09-03-2004, 03:04 PM

I am using fedora core 2 on my compaq pessario 2514 laptop.
In it , the tap is not recognized as click in the synaptic touchpad.
i found a link for drivers to make tap as click, but those drivers dont work for kernel 2.6
so anyone can suggest me a solution for it?

Vookimedlo · 09-03-2004, 03:19 PM

I'm just using this one: http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/
and everything is OK

peevee · 09-04-2004, 11:53 AM

i tried that one,
it says that we need to modify the drivers for kernel 2.6
but i could understand where and how to modify that.
can any one tell me

Vookimedlo · 09-06-2004, 04:02 AM

So, you're using Fedora 2. You haven't to patch or recompile your kernel if you have one from the fedora team.
Just do as root: modprobe evdev, and than simply install Synaptics TouchPad driver. Change your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf to values you want. Then restart your X Server and enjoy your touchpad.

Don't forget to place your modprobe evdev command into /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.

PS: if your touch-pad has middle button, you need kernel at least 2.6.6 for proper work.

lucaing80 · 09-30-2004, 07:28 AM

I'm quite a Linux newbie.
I've tried what you suggested, but there's no "evdev" module in my distribution (Fedora Core 2 upgraded with Kernel 2.6.7.1 provided as RPM by RedHat/Fedora).
It seems to be precompiled within the kernel, but the driver still doesn't work. X gives an error message regarding missing external symbols when loading synaptics.o.
Thanks a lot.

Luca

halo14 · 09-30-2004, 11:17 AM

kernel 2.6 sucks with the touchpad drivers... I have gone back to 2.4 and it works fine.. I suggest you do the same.. It's not worth the hassle... I haven't noticed much differences between the two kernels other than my touchpad doesn't work properly! lol..

JaseP · 10-01-2004, 02:06 PM

You need to change your "mouse" setting in Fedora's hardware setup (I don't know what the app is called as I'm a SuSE user) for a Synaptics Touchpad.

By default with most 2.6 kernel distros, touchpads configure as regular "mice". I had the same problem with SuSE 9.1 Pro.

dino9832 · 10-01-2004, 02:33 PM

Here is the "Silver Bullet" for this one.
You need to pass the line:

Quote:

psmouse.proto=imps

to the kernel on bootup.
There is a file which I believe is

Quote:

/boot/grub/grub.conf

containing a line that looks like

Quote:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/mapper/

Just add the psmouse line to the end of the kernel /boot line and reboot the computer.
No tap from the mouse pad was driving me nuts. After the above addition to my kernel line it worked fine.

peevee · 10-10-2004, 07:44 AM

Man it works ,
and the solution is really made simple.
I was running behind drivers and various sites for drivers...
but adding this small argument

psmouse.proto=imps
fixed the problem of tap in synaptic touch pad.
in grub gave the solution,
thankq you very much.