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authorPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>2004-01-03 14:00:41 +0100
committerPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>2006-04-09 04:01:37 +0200
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Mention that /dev/input/eventX device nodes are needed when
using the driver with a 2.6 kernel.
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(CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2) and synaptics touchpad support
(CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS).
+* It still doesn't work with a 2.6 kernel.
+
+ Some distributions come with an incomplete /dev directory. The
+ driver needs the /dev/input/eventX device nodes. Try to create
+ them manually if they don't exist already. (Look at
+ /proc/bus/input/devices to figure out how many nodes you need.)
+
+ # mkdev /dev/input/event0 c 13 64
+ # mkdev /dev/input/event1 c 13 65
+ # mkdev /dev/input/event2 c 13 66
+ ...
+
* How can I configure tap-to-click behavior?
If you set MaxTapTime=0 then the touchpad will not use tapping at