Gpilotd and synaptics touchpad kernel questions

[lwj]

On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 00:15, Mauri Sahlberg wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I had working and still have, if I boot to Knoppix or to XP, Synaptics
> touchpad but I have not managed to get it work under kernel 2.6.5
> Neither Mandrake 10 or FC 2 recognized it's existence during
> installation nor does recompilation of kernel with CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
> help. The pad remains undetected and non functional. Of course synpatics
> driver does not load as it is unable to detect the pad 
> (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is a default for FC-kernel). Do you think that
> downloading 2.6.6 kernel source and compiling it would help to get it
> work? It takes foreever to compile kernel and the space is very tight. 
> 
You need to install a driver to get the Synaptics touchpad to work. A
link to one or more sites is available in the list archives. I don't
remember the link.