From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: The 'tap-to-click' function of the laptop's built-in synaptics touchpad no longer works. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.5-1.358 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install FC1 on IBM R40 laptop - Synaptics touchpad tap-to-click works 2.Upgrade to FC2 - Synaptics touchpad tap-to-click no longer works 3.Boot FC2 with old kernel-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl - Synaptics touchpad tap-to-click works again. Actual Results: Touchpad no longer allows tapping on it to 'click' on things. Expected Results: Tapping should replicate a 'click' with the left mouse button Additional info: System is an IBM R40 laptop with builtin Synaptics touchpad and TrackPoint button. Output of dmesg with 2.6 kernel is: [...] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1 Firmware: 5.9 Sensor: 44 new absolute packet format Touchpad has extended capability bits -> multifinger detection -> palm detection -> pass-through port input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1 serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0 input: PS/2 Generic Mouse on synaptics-pt/serio0 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [...]
I also experienced the same problem, and found 2 solutions: 1. Add 'psmouse.proto=imps' to kernel options in /boot/grub/grub.conf' 2. Install latest version of synaptic driver for X from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/ While solution 1 worked for me, it made the mouse very 'choppy' and unresponsive. Solution 2 works flawlessly, and even enables some extra features such as scroll wheel emulation.
Thanks, I can confirm that adding the psmouse.proto=imps line does indeed allow the touchpad to use tap-to-click once again with the 2.6 kernel. Unfortunately, a side effect is that it disables the trackpoint button (TrackPoint is the little finger-joystick style mouse embedded in the keyboard). I'll probably try the newer driver mentioned above too; but the issue still stands of why this works in 2.4 but not 2.6... :-)
Dupe of bug 122014 ?
Can people on this bug please try the latest 424 kernel from http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6 it has a bunch of touchpad fixes, including one that's supposed to make tapping work again
Hi, I have tried kernel-2.6.6-1.424, unfortunately the behaviour of the touchpad is not fixed; tapping still does not work. Cheers, D
I would be happy if synaptics touchpad worked even without tapping but it does not work at all. It worked with FC 1 and works with Knoppix but is completely ignored by 2.6-kernels including 2.6.6-247. usbcore: registered new driver hiddev usbcore: registered new driver hid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.9. serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 NET: Registered protocol family 2
Here's my dmesgs data wiht the 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 kernel, tapping still not working: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1 Firmware: 4.3 180 degree mounted touchpad Sensor: 8 new absolute packet format input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
This can probably now be closed as it is fixed in FC3