Re: Problems with touch pad in X

Are you running gpm per chance? (mouse server for virtual terminals) Mouse work in the console?

X doesn't play well (by default) with gpm running. 

kill any gpm processes and try starting Xwindows again. If you require the mouse in console mode you might want to resort to something similar to my setup.

/etc/X11/XF86config 
<snip>

# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option  "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
    Option  "Device"   "/dev/gpmdata"

# Make USB scroll mouse scroll when plugged in ;)

    Option              "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
    Option              "Buttons"               "5"

</snip>

and call gpm via.. 

gpm -m /dev/psaux -t alps2 -R msc

I have a VX-89 and the best settings I have come up with (being stuck with a ALPS touchpad). This allows me to use the mouse in virtual terminals as well as X windows. And additionally allows me to change the "SENSITIVITY" of the touchpad not just its acceleration. This setup lets gpm listen exclusively to the mouse info as the kernel sees it (/dev/psaux) and passes Xwindows the mouse data via the MouseSystems Protocal (/dev/gpmdata). Really wish I had a synaptics touchpad on these sonys.. or atleast some help from ALPs with a non-winblows driver.

-Mike


On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 18:20:07 +0200
Bo Hansen Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am the lucky owner of a Sony PCG-V505AP and want to run Debian Linux
> on it.
> 
> So far the installation has not provided any larger problems, but I
> cannot get the  touch pad to work correctly in X! The pointer responds
> to movement, but it sorts of just flicker around the screen clicking all
> over?!?! The only motion that seems to work is up+right? (Whenever
> another direction is tried, the pointer returns to lower left corner)
> 
> I've configured the xserver through "#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
> and the XF86Config.4 file includes the following...
> 
> <snip>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "Mouse"
> Option "Corepointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Mouse"
> Driver "Mouse"
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
> </snip>
> 
> Each have a InputDevice entry in Section "ServerLayout"...
> 
> I don't know if you have any ideas for me - but if you do, I would be glad
> 
> Best regards...
> 
> B:)
>