Hi,
Okay all that stuff below can be ignored in favour of this shorter version.
PROBLEM: The touchpad on my laptop isn't recognised at all.
ATTEMPTED SOLUTION: following advice from back when I used Ubuntu, I've installed a modified version of fspc and then followedSamiux's advice on modifying /etc/default/grub and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf [Sorry, would like to include links to the post on Ubuntu forums and Samiux, but can't due to URL restrictions.]
Still no luck! I was wondering if this is possibly related to my /etc/default/grub looking different. Instead of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.noloop=1" it reads: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 $([ -x /usr/sbin/rhcrashkernel-param ] && /usr/sbin/rhcrashkernel-param ||
rd.luks=0 vconsole.keymap=us rhgb quiet splash i8042.noloop=1"
Any help would be most appreciated!
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Hi,
[Edit: sorry, would like to include more info on the sites I used but I'm limited in the URLs I can include as a new user. I'm happy to provide them if asked!]
I've just switched from Ubuntu to Fedora, and am having some trouble getting my touchpad working. Previously on Ubuntu, I downloaded the Linux finger-sensing pad drivers from
here, and then followed Samiux's advice for editing /etc/default/grub:
Code:
Append "i8042.noloop=1" to "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT".
It will look like this :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.noloop=1"
This time, I'm getting stuck because I'm not sure how to install the .deb drivers. I tried installing alien, but when I enter:
Code:
su -c 'yum -y localinstall http://sourceforge.net/projects/postinstaller/files/data/alien-8.85-2.noarch.rpm'
I get the error response:
Code:
Transaction Check Error:
file / from install of alien-8.85-2.noarch conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.1-2.fc18.i686
file /usr/bin from install of alien-8.85-2.noarch conflicts with file from package filesystem-3.1-2.fc18.i686
I went looking for the .rpm of the fspc drivers on rpm.pbone.net and found these:
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm Mandrake Other 84 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm Mandriva 2011 84 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.src.rpm Mandrake Other 78 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.src.rpm Mandriva 2011 78 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.i586.rpm Mandrake Other 82 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2011.0.i586.rpm Mandriva 2011 82 kB Info available.
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.x86_64.rpm Mandrake Other 83 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.x86_64.rpm Mandriva 2010 83 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.src.rpm Mandrake Other 78 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.src.rpm Mandriva 2010 78 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.i586.rpm Mandrake Other 81 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36mdv2010.0.i586.rpm Mandriva 2010 81 kB Info available.
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36.1.src.rpm Mandrake Other 83 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36.1-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm Mandrake Other 82 kB
fspc-1.0.1-0.r36.1-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm Mandrake Other 81 kB Info available.
Could anyone advice me on whether I can use any of these on Fedora? Or, alternatively, any other advice on how to install alien successfully or how to get my touchpad working would be most appreciated!
Thanks,
sky.
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