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anthonyclark

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From: WA,USA

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 48

Arch on EEE PC 900a

Hey guys!

I used a combonation of the Arch on EEE 700 wiki page and the Arch on EEE 900 wiki page to create an ALMOST perfect arch installation.

One of my only hiccups is the TOUCHPAD. Im using TOOFISHES kernel that i modified to support the 'dual core' ATOM CPU. I think my issue lays with synaptics detection....

Here is the output from '/proc/bus/input/devices'

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0063
N: Name="ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5 
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103

MY XORG.CONF is set correctly, i know that. Using synclient or gsynaptics lets me change settings, but they NEVER take effect. I believe its because my system(maybe due to kernel/elantec patch) wont allow the synaptics touch device to be seen right...

Anyone have any Idea how to get the touchpad seen correctly so i can adjust it???
I can help with the install of arch on the EEE 900a if you need it....

P.S - Toofishes .. you da man!

--Anthony Clark

anthonyclark

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From: WA,USA

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 48

Re: Arch on EEE PC 900a

nothin?! ....
I booted the ZENeee kernel referenced in the 700/701 wiki, and it finds the synaptics touchpad....
so its the kernel.

--Anthony Clark

Blind

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From: Desert mountain

Registered: 2005-02-06

Posts: 386

Re: Arch on EEE PC 900a

are you using the latest xorg? you may have to look into the input device setup via hal policies.
check out the eee 901 page - there is little bit of doc about that, and also the xorg input device wiki.
i know that the 'normal' hal rule looks for a synaptics touchpad (your zen kernel might not have had the elantech patch, and gotten it right).
good luck,
blind

anthonyclark

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From: WA,USA

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 48

Re: Arch on EEE PC 900a

Awesome!
Thanks for the reply.
You da man.

so... i see this,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <match key="info.product" contains="Elantech Touchpad">
    <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">on</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">1.00</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.75</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">on</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.LockedDrags" type="string">11</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

I'm not to familiar with custom hal rules...  but this does not work[easily at least] with the KernelEEE that toofishes made. Idk. I think ill get rid of elantec support from the kernel ... or study the sources/configs between the kernels to find a solution. Any info you guys/gals have on elantech would be much appricated.

Thanks again.
--anthonyclark

Last edited by anthonyclark (2008-12-20 07:17:31)

Wittfella

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 462

Re: Arch on EEE PC 900a

Awesome!
I'm not to familiar with custom hal rules...  but this does not work[easily at least] with the KernelEEE that toofishes made. Idk. I think ill get rid of elantec support from the kernel ... or study the sources/configs between the kernels to find a solution. Any info you guys/gals have on elantech would be much appricated.

Hello, I tried 2.6.28 with the elantech stuff and the fdi config was also not working.  I found that it is not recognising the 'input.touchpad' on the first line.  Changed it to 'input.mouse' and it started working.

Try:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse">             << CHANGED HERE
      <match key="info.product" contains="Elantech Touchpad">
    <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">on</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">1.00</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.75</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">on</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.LockedDrags" type="string">11</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

Last edited by Wittfella (2009-01-06 11:15:06)

anthonyclark

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From: WA,USA

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 48

Re: Arch on EEE PC 900a

Thanks,
If I wouldn't have sold my EEE this would have helped a lot. Thanks for the effort.

--Anthony C