Description of problem: On my Lenovo x301 laptop, which has a TrackPad and a TrackPoint (the little red ball), the TrackPoint's speed and sensitivity can't be configured when the TrackPad is enabled in the BIOS. If the TrackPad is disabled in the BIOS, the TrackPoint's speed and sensitivity can be configured with the usual method: echo -n 120 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/speed echo -n 250 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity These files simply don't exist when the TrackPad is enabled in the BIOS Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [Steven@x301 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep hal hal-0.5.12-14.20081027git.fc10.x86_64 hal-cups-utils-0.6.17-4.fc10.x86_64 hal-libs-0.5.12-14.20081027git.fc10.x86_64 hal-info-20081219-1.fc10.noarch hal-devel-0.5.12-14.20081027git.fc10.x86_64 How reproducible: Probably on every Lenovo x200, x300 and x301 laptop. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable the TrackPad in the BIOS 2. Go to /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/ 3. See that the speed and sensitivity files are missing Actual results: The TrackPoint seems incorrectly detected by HAL when the TrackPad is enabled in the BIOS. It detects a "DualPoint Stick" when it should detect a "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint". Expected results: Both devices should work independently and show up in /sys/devices/platform/i8042 Additional info: Maybe this is related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433428 ? Here is the lshal output for both situations, plus a directory list: With the TrackPad disabled and the TrackPoint enabled in the BIOS: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' access_control.file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) access_control.type = 'mouse' (string) info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device', 'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list) info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'access_control'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) info.product = 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event6' (string) input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) input.product = 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' (string) input.x11_driver = 'evdev' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event6' (string) [Steven@x301 ~]$ ls /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/ bind_mode drvctl input power reach sensitivity thresh description ext_dev jenks press_to_select resetafter skipback uevent draghys id mindrag protocol resolution speed upthresh driver inertia modalias rate resync_time subsystem ztime With both the TrackPad and TrackPoint enabled in the BIOS: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0' access_control.file = '/dev/input/event7' (string) access_control.type = 'mouse' (string) info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device', 'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list) info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'input.touchpad', 'access_control'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) info.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event7' (string) input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) input.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad' (string) input.x11_driver = 'synaptics' (string) input.x11_options.SHMConfig = 'On' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event7' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7/event7' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' access_control.file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) access_control.type = 'mouse' (string) info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device', 'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list) info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'access_control'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) info.product = 'DualPoint Stick' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event6' (string) input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) input.product = 'DualPoint Stick' (string) input.x11_driver = 'evdev' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event6' (string) [Steven@x301 ~]$ ls /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/ bind_mode description driver drvctl id input modalias power protocol rate resetafter resolution resync_time subsystem uevent
I haven't had a chance to verify this yet, but I'm seeing either the same thing or something very similar on my Thinkpad T61 under F-11: the "mouse sensitivity" settings apply to the trackpad but not the trackpoint. Very annoying :\
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Hello, The problem still persists in Fedora 11, lshal output when both input devices are enabled in the BIOS: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' access_control.file = '/dev/input/event5' (string) access_control.type = 'mouse' (string) info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device', 'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list) info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'access_control'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) info.product = 'DualPoint Stick' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event5' (string) input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) input.product = 'DualPoint Stick' (string) input.x11_driver = 'evdev' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event5' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5/event5' (string) udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0' access_control.file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) access_control.type = 'mouse' (string) info.callouts.add = {'hal-acl-tool --add-device', 'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list) info.callouts.remove = {'hal-acl-tool --remove-device'} (string list) info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'input.touchpad', 'access_control'} (string list) info.category = 'input' (string) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) info.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad' (string) info.subsystem = 'input' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0' (string) input.device = '/dev/input/event6' (string) input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) input.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad' (string) input.x11_driver = 'synaptics' (string) linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event6' (string) [Steven@x301 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep hal hal-cups-utils-0.6.19-2.fc11.x86_64 hal-info-20090414-1.fc11.noarch hal-0.5.12-29.20090226git.fc11.x86_64 m17n-contrib-sinhala-1.1.10-2.fc11.noarch hal-devel-0.5.12-29.20090226git.fc11.x86_64 m17n-db-sinhala-1.5.5-1.fc11.noarch hal-libs-0.5.12-29.20090226git.fc11.x86_64 hal-libs-0.5.12-29.20090226git.fc11.i586
In the original report above, the following is stated: "Actual results: The TrackPoint seems incorrectly detected by HAL when the TrackPad is enabled in the BIOS. It detects a "DualPoint Stick" when it should detect a "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"." I just ran into this same problem with Mandriva 2010. Disabling the TrackPad in the BIOS was the solution to get the TrackPoint properly detected by HAL. {Thanks to this bug report I now have a workaround} Oddly, I did not have this problem with Fedora 11, the first version of Fedora I installed on my hard drive. This is on a T42 ThinkPad.
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