Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 21:22:50 +0000 From: rob <europax@home.com> To: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad config program\ Python hacking Message-ID: <39B2C129.91FCF88A@home.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009031222320.10011-100000@inconnu.isu.edu>
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I'm using a Synaptics pad built in to my Acer 602TER laptop. Well, I haven't had any luck at talking to the Synaptics device. I can open up the connection, but writing 0xff to reset it or any other command gives me an error 'operation not supported'. I think this is because I don't know what I'm doing, yet. I haven't much experience with low level IO operations in Python. Most of the time I write Python programs for Wintel at work, which involve interfacing with expensive instruments over the GPIB bus, and dumping the data into various Mumblesoft programs. I will post to the comp.lang.python group and see if I can get an answer. Rob. John Galt wrote: > > There were PS/2 versions of the synaptics, as well as 9-pin serial. Micro > Innovations put out a keyboard/touchpad that uses the serial version (in > fact the reason I know is I looked at my own MI keyboard...:), however I'm > thinking that most notebooks quite logically used the ps/2 protocol (I > don't think that anyone would've used the term "logically" WRT PS/2 when > the IBM PS/2 came out :). I'm not a python programmer myself, but I'm > thinking that the method used in communicating with the PS/2 port are > almost exactly the same as the cuaaX ports, so I doubt that this has much > bearing on the final result other than a "heads up" that there is more > than one flavor (as is the case with almost all mice any more). > > On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, rob wrote: > > > I get confused with Linux. On this machine it is /dev/psm0. I have to > > kill moused to be able to access it. Rob. > > > > John Galt wrote: > > > > > > FYI, some synaptics devices (like mine) are on cuaaX (serial)... > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, rob wrote: > > > > > > > First I need to see if I can communicate with /dev/psaux via the Python > > > > console. I need to start brewing some coffee to build up the > > > > initiative. So once I start hacking on this, I assume I'm in the > > > > jurisdiction of some other mailing list. What would be appropriate? > > > > Rob. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Galt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!! Can I assist in the test? > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, rob wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Someone asked a week or so ago about the Synaptics touch pad 'driver'. > > > > > > I have the Linux source here. It is not really a driver, but a config > > > > > > utility which sets up the pad so that the extra functions work. So it > > > > > > looks pretty simple so I've decided I will try to port it. > > > > > > Unfortunately it uses the deprecated 'ftime' function, and also > > > > > > 'getopt_long' which doesn't seem to work even though getopt.h on my > > > > > > system seems to include this. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm more of a Python programmer. Maybe I can write Python config > > > > > > program. Rob. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to > > > > > tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but > > > > > only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. > > > > > > > > > > Who is John galt? Galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to > > > tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but > > > only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. > > > > > > Who is John galt? Galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! > > > > -- > There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million > keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare > would be produced. Now, thanks to Usenet, we know this is not true. > > Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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