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I have no "tap-and-drag" functionality now after
putting in my new kernel. I do get
tap and drag after a default full install.
I have not changed the xorg file.
I've noticed this on all laptops to be honest.
I used make oldconfig first from the 2.4.31 kernel
in slack 10.2 so I know I used his kernel config
settings.
I didnt change my xorg or anything.
Anyone know if he tweaks the gpm driver, or does
he bury the tap and drag somewhere else.
There is no synaptics drivers loaded in slack 10.2
default.
"grep" for installed modules after I made the 2.4
kernel did not report anything for touchpad at all.
Yea I re-made the kernel...takes sooo long on this pc, I needed 'input_evdev" as yes not module.
But honestly, I still don't understand how Pat w/the 2.4.31 in a default install gives me tap and drag capability? It's sooo weird. But it get's lost when you plop another kernel in there.
My Synaptics touchpad lost the ability of tap-to-click, scroll, etc.
Solution:
~~~~~~~~~
The easy solution is to pass psmouse.proto=imps on the kernel command line,
or proto=imps on the psmouse module command line. This will restore 2.4
behavior.
Yup! Putting the 'psmouse' as yes, not as module and recompiling the kernel did it for me. Now when I use suspend2 I don't lose the drag functionality.
I tweaked slack-current's .config and used that and Pat has 'psmouse' as module, for understandable reasons, but for my needs, with suspend2 it was necessary to be yes, so that suspend2 cannot unload the module only to try and bring it back up later withouth the proto=imps part.
Apparently suspend2 doesnt pass module arguments by default, and the lack of info for issues like this are not available that I can find on their site, but no matter. I'm running strong bye for now.
I took out the proto=imps from lilo, installed synaptics, on same kernel with psmouse as yes, not just slackware default as module, and now it works with suspend2
I cant find our thread we talked about sound as modules.
My laptop had sound issues on resume w/suspend2. So I wanted to see if I could build alsa into the kernel so suspend2 doesnt remove them on hibernate, like this thread fixed me for my ps/2 touchpad by "yes" for ps/2 in kernel config.
So, As a test I built alsa into my kernel on my desktop pc, and it worked fine. Enlightenment sound deamon works perfect. Much to my surprise, as I've heard some people build alsa in the kernel, but most people do it as modules.
So I remade the kernel for the laptop and it did not work. Same kernel version. I even compared the config files line by line.
Only difference is: my laptop is old, and the sound card is "isa/pnp" while my desktop is plug and play built into the motherboard.
I wound up googling and wound up at the lilo web-site. Apparently, you can build in alsa, then pass lilo parameters for your sound card too.
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