Trouble with Mdk9.1 and Compaq Armada E500

[elektronist]

Hi,

 

Mdk 9.0 was all ok on my Armada E500.

 

After a few unsuccessfull attempts, I installed Mdk9.1 on my Armada E500. Everything eems

Ok. But.... when switching from text screen to graphics screen even after startup messages

in console all three keyboard leds begins blinking. After some time, from e few seconds to

15 or so seconds, switches to graphics window. This happens also when I switch from a console window to graphics window by Ctrl-Alt-F7.

 

I tried everything I can. Changed resolution etc.. nothing changed.

 

I will be happy if anyone answers, before I go back to 9.0.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest tezca]

same thing happens with my compaq armada e500 and redhat 9

 

it worked fine with suse 7.2 :?

[elektronist]

Hi, after a long time...

 

Success!!! How beautifull to use my touchpad with all features. No blinking keyboard leds any more.

 

XFree86 mouse driver is bad for my laptop. I used synaptics driver with a hack, 'Reset' function bypassed. As fallows...

 

Use synaptics-0.12.0.tar.bz2. This package can be compiled easly.

 

Edit ps2comm.c and add this line.

 

....

/*

* reset the touchpad

*/

Bool

synaptics_reset(int fd)

{

return Success; /* Allways Success - Bypass reset function - ADD THIS LINE */

 

byte r[2];

 

xf86FlushInput(fd);

 

...

 

Compile and install.

 

Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

 

...

 

#Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier "Mouse1"

# Driver "mouse"

# Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

#EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "synaptics"

Identifier "Mouse2"

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"

Option "LeftEdge" "1900"

Option "RightEdge" "5400"

Option "TopEdge" "1900"

Option "BottomEdge" "4000"

Option "FingerLow" "25"

Option "FingerHigh" "30"

Option "MaxTapTime" "180"

Option "MaxTapMove" "220"

Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"

Option "MinSpeed" "0.02"

Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"

Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

Option "Repeater" "/dev/psaux"

EndSection

 

...

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse2" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

 

...

 

And use your Compaq Armada E500 happily. With full featured touchpad, scrolling, edge functions, 2 finger, 3 finger taps and more... Bonus, good suspend-resume, no weird blinking keyboard leds...