Track pad on a Dell laptop

Ben Ricker bricker at brick.net
Wed Dec 31 04:17:02 UTC 2003


That worked! For some reason, it was using the "IMPS/2" protocol and 
/dev/input/mouse as the Device.

My gratitude,

Ben Ricker

On Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 09:56 PM, Ben Stringer wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 14:08, Ben Ricker wrote:
>> Installed Fedora core 1 on a Dell Latitude with one of those
>> trackpad/glidesticks and I am trying to get it to work. I tried
>> downloading tpconfig from compass.com which I clicked-through from
>> "Linux on Laptops". Still no joy.
>>
>> Am I missing a pkg? Has anyone got the trackpad to work with Fedora? I
>> am fresh out of PS2 mice.
>
> My trackpad, keyboard pointer, and USB mouse all just work. Running on 
> a
> Dell Inspiron 8600. Below are the "mouse" sections from my
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
>         Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
>
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