Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:36:14 -0400 | From | "Dmitry Torokhov" <> | Subject | Re: Touchpad problems with latest kernels |
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On 8/14/06, Luke Sharkey <lukesharkey@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I am emailing regarding some problems I have been having with the touchpad > on my laptop (a hp pavilion dv5046ea running Fedora Core 5 x86_64). > [ Here are the specifications for my laptop: > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12319008-69074479.html] > > > Support for my touchpad seems to have gotten worse rather than better in > successive kernels from 2054 onwards. > > While on 2054 it generally works fine, On the latest kernels (2154, 2174 > etc.) I have only to e.g. open a konqueror window for the onscreen pointer > to start going funny, and jerking about (As happens on computers with v. low > RAM). I know its not a RAM problem, as a) everything else works fine, there > is no slow down of any of the programs I run, only problems with the mouse > and b) I have just upgraded from 512 MB of RAM to 1 GB. > > If I plug in a mouse, the pointer works fine. Though I would happily use a > mouse, this is often inconvenient on a laptop. >
What kind of touchpad is this? Are you using synaptics X driver or standard mouse driver? Also I am not quire sure what 2054 or 2154 is. Can you please try vanilla kernels from kernel.org?
Dave, is there a place where one can see contents of a given RH kernel (without downloadig and unpacking SRPM)?
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