Created attachment 471229 [details] Xorg log I guess subject says it all. No sign of why it stopped working. Other notebooks I have are fine with F14. kernel-2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.3.0-1.fc14.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.9.3-3.fc14.x86_64 Note that the trackpoint is working, as well as the top (trackpoint) buttons. Touchpad & touchpad buttons don't work.
weird, it's showing up fine in the list. pls vt switch away from the server and then run evtest against the device. do you see any events coming out of the device?
Hi Peter, thanks for looking into this. I tried running `xev'. Trackpoint shows events, touchpad doesn't show any event (tried moving and buttons). What do you mean by 'vt switching away from the server' and 'evtest'? I tried CTRL+ALT+F2, login as me (regular user), ALT+F1, running `xev'. Still no events.
(In reply to comment #2) > What do you mean by 'vt switching away from the server' and 'evtest'? I tried > CTRL+ALT+F2, login as me (regular user), ALT+F1, running `xev'. Still no > events. yum install evtest evtest is layered underneath the X server, xev is above. if evtest sees events but xev doesn't, then the bug is in the driver or the server. otherwise, the bug may be a kernel bug.
Thanks Peter, I installed evtest. Ran as root due to permission issues. evtest /dev/input/event5 (found this in Xorg.0.log) shows events such as Event: time 1294184411.988790, -------------- Report Sync ------------ Event: time 1294184412.000463, type 3 (Absolute), code 1 (Y), value 2783 Event: time 1294184412.000469, type 3 (Absolute), code 28 (Tool Width), value 8 when I run over the touchpad. Even when VTswitching away and then coming back to the desktop. BTW - I've tried booting F14 with F13 kernel last week - kernel-2.6.34.7-66.fc13.x86_64 - and still the touchpad didn't come to life. Given that toughpad worked flawlessly in F12 and F13, I believe this is a regression in the X space rather then kernel space. But I'm QE person, this is 'IMO' :)
One more thing I've recently found out. My /etc/X11/xorg.conf had these lines: Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection After commenting the section out and restarting the computer the touchpad work. I'm able to move the pointer. But the first time I click (anywhere) it stops working. Attaching /var/log/Xorg.0.log again in hope it will show anything useful.
Created attachment 473705 [details] /var/log/Xorg.0.log
After upgrading to libX11-1.3.4-4.fc14 (FEDORA-2011-3835, bug 683950) I went back and though it helped. Actually the touchpad works in GDM, but once I login, it's dead again. Peter, have you had time to look into this?
Almost a year later, I accidentally found out more info - this seems to be caused by Gnome services. I'm using XFCE on F16 ATM and touchpad works fine. But if I choose "Start Gnome services", touchpad stops working. See bug 772510.
This bug was filed against Fedora 14 which is now EOL. Please re-open this bug if you still experience this issue with one of the currently suppported versions of Fedora. Don't forget to update the version field if you do so.