| khoover | heeeeeeeeeeeelp | 02:46 |
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| khoover | bloody touchpad isn't working, and yet it seems like xorg's picking it up | 02:47 |
| bregma | khoover, if you install the xinput package and run 'xinput list' does it show something that looks like the touchpad? | 03:10 |
| khoover | yeah, i'm looking at my xorg.conf.d/synaptics file, there's only an entry for "touchpad catchall" | 03:11 |
| khoover | bregma, trippy bit is, if i look at the xorg.0 log, seems like the thing boots up fine. | 03:16 |
| bregma | your xorg.conf.d/synaptics sounds right | 03:25 |
| bregma | si xinput list shows your touchpad device? | 03:25 |
| bregma | s/si/so/ | 03:25 |
| khoover | yeah | 03:25 |
| bregma | if you run "xinput test 15" (or whatever the device number is) does it spit out numbers? | 03:26 |
| khoover | yep, all sorts | 03:27 |
| bregma | well, X is seeing it and treating it right from the sounds of it | 03:27 |
| khoover | buuuut, it's not working....have a usb mouse plugged in, it works fine | 03:27 |
| bregma | and nothing else has grabbed it and not let go | 03:28 |
| khoover | doubtful, rebooted and it wouldn't work | 03:28 |
| bregma | you're right, it's most odd | 03:28 |
| khoover | not even evtest could get anything | 03:28 |
| khoover | it's an elantech, but i'm seeing synaptics all over | 03:29 |
| bregma | synaptics is just the name of the generic touchpad driver in x.org | 03:30 |
| bregma | evtest may not give you output in an X window if X has the device open, you would have to run it as root from a non-X console window (ctl-alt-f1 etc) | 03:30 |
| khoover | huh? thought it was a specific manufacturer, like alps | 03:30 |
| khoover | ctrl alt f2? | 03:31 |
| bregma | yes, like kleenex and xerox | 03:31 |
| bregma | ctrl alt f2 would also give you a non-X console to run evtest in | 03:31 |
| khoover | and nothing logged | 03:31 |
| khoover | or, least, don't think anything logged | 03:31 |
| bregma | are you sure you have the right /dev/input/event device? | 03:32 |
| bregma | X gets its input from the dev node, and if xinput shows motion events, evtest should | 03:32 |
| khoover | wait, xinput? | 03:33 |
| khoover | not xlist? | 03:33 |
| bregma | hmm, I don;t have xlist on my system, but I did say xinput | 03:34 |
| khoover | sorry, xinput list | 03:36 |
| khoover | yeah, even when i do test, nothing | 03:39 |
| khoover | works for everything else | 03:40 |
| khoover | bregma, | 03:40 |
| bregma | hmm, if evtest and xinput test show no data, the kernel is not sending data -- is this a laptop with a 'disable touchpad' function key? | 03:42 |
| khoover | i dunno | 03:42 |
| khoover | crap, yes. -_- | 03:42 |
| khoover | just realized i hit it cause i had no idea what it was | 03:42 |
| bregma | heh | 03:42 |
| khoover | while my laptop was frozen | 03:42 |
| khoover | this is why they ask, "is it plugged in" | 03:43 |
| bregma | problem solved? | 03:43 |
| khoover | yep | 03:44 |
| khoover | can now leave #ubuntu...that place is chaos | 03:47 |
| bregma | absolutely | 03:47 |
| willwh | it is | 04:29 |
| willwh | it's horrible :) | 04:30 |
| willwh | I don't know how people get help in there tbh | 04:30 |
| willwh | I've tried a couple of times - but it's mostly newbs screaming, dpkg-reconfigure X | 04:30 |
| willwh | hahaha | 04:30 |
| DarwinSurvivor | bahahaha, disable-button 1, khoover 0 :D | 04:30 |
| DarwinSurvivor | I think the #ubuntu channel needs to be a triage channel, then send people to #ubuntu-x11, #ubuntu-packagin, #ubuntu-drivers, etc for real help. There's just WAY too many people in there! | 04:32 |
| willwh | yes | 04:32 |
| willwh | that is actually quite a good idea | 04:32 |
| DarwinSurvivor | do you know about how many "helpers" are in there? | 04:32 |
| willwh | no idea whatsoever | 04:32 |
| DarwinSurvivor | that system only works if there are enough helpers to cover a few more channels | 04:33 |
| willwh | yes | 04:33 |
| DarwinSurvivor | if it's 100 helpees vs 4 helpers, there's not much that can done :( | 04:33 |
| DarwinSurvivor | *be done | 04:33 |
| willwh | I would happily idle in ubuntu-packaging :D | 04:33 |
| BluesKaj | Howdy all | 14:49 |
| dscassel | Oh yeah, there's an IRC meeting next week... | 23:06 |
| dscassel | Anything anyone wants to talk about? I'm writing up the agenda. | 23:06 |
| DarwinSurvivor | never been to an ubuntu-ca meeting, what kind of stuff gets discussed | 23:13 |
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