Touchpad crippled under kernel 2.6.11-1.14

[Patrick Boutilier]

Avi Jacobson wrote:
> I've seen this question posted a couple of times in the past few days 
> since FC3 kernel 2.6.11-1.14 was released,  but I haven't seen any 
> responses. So forgive me for asking again.
>  
> With the new kernel, the touchpad on my Acer Travelmate 290 is acting 
> very funky. It's really slow and doesn't recognize tap-as-click. 
> Everything was fine in 2.6.10-1.770 and prior releases of the kernel.
>  
> Is there an easy fix for this?

Add to your kernel boot line in /etc/grub.conf

psmouse.proto=exps



>  
> Thanks,
> Avi
>  
> --
> Avi Jacobson
> avi-j at pacbell.net
>  
>