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| author | Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> | 2004-04-24 15:15:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> | 2006-04-09 04:02:17 +0200 |
| commit | 9d9b89db9154ae6cb97f7b32fcfe392fc6898931 (patch) | |
| tree | 0969835811c68468eeafd3486440bd87f4df2e7c /README.alps | |
| parent | fffba79a285eead4f225cfd649d0e66089958243 (diff) | |
Updated documentation to reflect the fact the ALPS support
no longer requires the 2.6 linux kernel.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.alps')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.alps | 27 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/README.alps b/README.alps index 3bf8d33..99ee0d8 100644 --- a/README.alps +++ b/README.alps @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ -It is possible to use the driver with an ALPS Glidepoint device, if -you are using a 2.6 linux kernel and the ALPS kernel patch. (The -alps.patch file.) - -One user reported success with the following parameter settings: +It is possible to use the driver with an ALPS Glidepoint device, but +you probably have to change some parameter values. One user reported +success with the following settings: LeftEdge = 60 RightEdge = 830 @@ -22,11 +20,13 @@ One user reported success with the following parameter settings: UpDownScrolling = 1 TouchpadOff = 0 -Note though that the auto-dev protocol option doesn't work for ALPS -devices, so you have to use the "event" protocol instead and set the -device option to the correct event device. (Look for a mouse device in -/proc/bus/input/devices and see which event device it is connected -to.) Here is an example InputDevice section for the XF86Config file. +If you use a 2.6 linux kernel, you need to apply the ALPS kernel patch +in the alps.patch file. Note also that the auto-dev protocol option +doesn't work for ALPS devices, so you have to use the "event" protocol +instead and set the device option to the correct event device. (Look +for a mouse device in /proc/bus/input/devices and see which event +device it is connected to.) Here is an example InputDevice section for +the XF86Config file. Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" @@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Section "InputDevice" Option "TouchpadOff" "0" EndSection +If you use a 2.4 linux kernel, you don't need to patch the kernel, but +you should instead set "Device" and "Protocol" like this: + + Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" + Option "Protocol" "alps" + + On some (all?) ALPS hardware, it is not possible to disable tapping unless you apply the patch below. However, some users have reported that this patch breaks tap-and-drag operations, which is why the patch |