New install, a few issues

Yes · 2010-06-17 15:39:28

I just installed Arch on my Sony Vaio, and have a few different issues so I figured I'd consolidate and just post them all here.

First issue, is the Synaptics Touchpad. It works perfectly fine - tapping, scrolling, everything works except when I tried using syndaemon to disable it when I start typing. I get the error "Unable to find a synaptics device". Sure enough it looks like X is giving me some errors too when it starts -

Synaptics Touchpad no synaptics event device found
Query  no Synaptics: 6003C8
(EE) Synaptics Touchpad unable to query/initialize synaptics hardware
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Synaptic Touchpad"

But again, the touchpad is working perfectly. Here's the Synaptics section of my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver    "synaptics"
    Option    "AlwaysCore"    "true"
    Option    "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
    Option  "Protcol"    "auto-dev"
    Option  "SHMConfig"    "true"
    Option    "LeftEdge"    "1700"
    Option    "RightEdge"    "5300"
    Option    "TopEdge"    "1700"
    Option    "BottomEdge"    "4200"
    Option    "FingerLow"    "25"
    Option    "FingerHigh"    "30"
    Option    "MaxTapTime"    "180"
    Option    "VertEdgeScroll"    "true"
    Option    "HorizEdgeScroll"    "true"
    Option    "CornerCoasting"    "true"
    Option    "CoastingSpeed"        "0.30"
    Option    "VertScrollDelta"    "100"
    Option    "HorizScrollDelta"    "100"
    Option    "MinSpeed"    "0.10"
    Option    "MaxSpeed"    "0.60"
    Option    "AccelFactor"    "0.0020"
    Option    "VertTwoFingerScroll"    "true"
    Option    "HorizTwoFingerScroll"    "true"
    Option    "TapButton1"    "1"
    Option    "TapButton2"    "2"
    Option    "TapButton3"    "3"
EndSection

Next problem - when I start X, the colors are all screwed up. Like each pixel's color was inverted or something. Switching to a tty and then back to X fixes the problem. but I'd like to not have to do that everytime I boot up. Any ideas on that? The graphics card is a mobile Radeon HD 5470, and I'm using the xf86-video-radeonhd drivers.

So, that's it for now but I might have more to come. Thank you so much

flamelab · 2010-06-17 15:42:30

Uninstall radeonhd, install xf86-video-ati. Reboot and check.

Check the ATi archwiki page.

Yes · 2010-06-17 16:04:15

Doesn't that driver lack a lot of the features the xf86-video-raedonhd driver has? If my only issue is needing to switch away from and back to X when I boot up I think I can stand that for awhile. I may change my mind after awhile though...

New issue! I have no sound. Here are some of the stuff the ALSA page told me to try out, although they all look normal:

lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_seq_dummy          1439    0
snd_seq_oss            28928   0
snd_seq_midi_event     5412    1   snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50530   5   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         5233    3   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi  2715    1
snd_hda_codec_realtek  258986  1
snd_pcm_oss            39096   0
snd_hda_intel          22514   0
snd_hda_codec          68863   3   snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6150    1   snd_hda_codec
snd_mixer_oss          16956   1   snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70924   3   snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19684   2   snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    57209   11  snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         7161    2   snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root       80 Jun 17 07:55 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  6 Jun 17 07:55 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  9 Jun 17 07:55 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  5 Jun 17 07:55 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 Jun 17 07:55 hwC1D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 Jun 17 07:55 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  3 Jun 17 08:00 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  7 Jun 17 07:55 pcmC1D3p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Jun 17 07:55 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  2 Jun 17 07:55 timer

I have an Intel HD Audio chip. I've tried sound with and without everything being muted (I saw something about sound needing to be "muted" on Sony laptops).

If there's anything else you need to see, let me know. Thanks!

e: For future reference - since 5xxx series mobility cards aren't supported by the opensource drivers, so apparently it defaulted to using the vesa drivers. Using catalyst fixed my terrible graphics performance and the weird graphics glitch when the X server started.

e2: In the Xorg logs it doesn't mention anything about a Synaptics device, but applies all the settings that should be applied to the Synaptics Touchpad to a "Macintosh Mouse Button Emulator". Could that be something to do with why syndaemon can't find a synaptics device, because it's not being initialized as that?

e3: Installing the git branch of the kernel fixed my sound problem.

Last edited by Yes (2010-06-26 03:38:50)

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#1 2010-06-17 15:39:28

New install, a few issues

#2 2010-06-17 15:42:30

Re: New install, a few issues

#3 2010-06-17 16:04:15

Re: New install, a few issues

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