Posted on 2008-07-21 12:43:57
By Adam McDaniel
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The elantech patch has been added back into the 2.6.24-20-eeepc kernel,
however it remains disabled by default. This is atleast until the original
authors are
satisfied with its performance on the EeePC.
If you want to use the original elantech code on 2.6.24-20-eeepc, all you
need to do is create a new file called /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse
with the line:
options psmouse elantech=1
Setting "elantech=0" or omitting this file will default to original
psmouse.ko code, as it existed before the elantech patch was applied.
Don't forget to also update /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the "Input
Device" section for your mouse:
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
Note, this patch was previously active for the 2.6.24-19-eeepc kernel, however
there is no way to disable it without downloading a seperate psmouse.ko
module. 2.6.24-20-eeepc was initially created as a way for users to
choose which mouse driver they want, however more updates have been pushed
to this new kernel so it seems like now is a good time as any to just retire
2.6.24-19-eeepc.
If there aren't any major problems with this patch, then I'll push out
2.6.24-20-eeepc as the standard kernel on the repository. That'll probably
happen sometime before this weekend.
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