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Re: [LUG] Three Questions :)



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Julian Hall wrote:
| Hi Simon,
|
| Thanks for the reply.  NFS is what I thought it would be, but I just
| wanted to check :)
|
| As for the trackpad I've currently got the XF86Config-4 with
|
| Protocol: "IMPS/2"
| Device: "/dev/psaux"

Try "PS/2" from memory - I always try the various X configurators before
editting the file by hand - just back up the XF86Config each time.

I think only one recent machine didn't fall to one of the automatic
XF86Config generating tools.

| Originally the device was "/dev/mouse" but performance is the same
| either way, IOW none.
|
| There is something on this page:
|
| http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/qsynaptics
|
| saying it does not work with a 2.6 kernel, and suggesting adding nodes
| due to a possible incomplete /dev directory.  It says to look at
| proc/bus/input/devices to work out how many nodes I need.
|
| Unfortunately I understand the words but the sentences escape me.  Could
| you (or anyone) put that into English for me please?

It is just saying you may need to use the "mknod" command to make some
device files (files in /dev) by the sound of it. Problem with mknod is
the command is specific to the driver so you'll have to read the
documentation to find out which "mknod" commands to type.

I would persist with the PS/2 route myself - I got the PS/2 support
working before trying out specific synaptic support, but that is based
on limited experience on other hardware.


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