Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:20:38 -0700 From: Michael Santos <michael@alpha.ece.ucsb.edu> To: mklinux-setup@public.lists.apple.com, Subject: ANNC: New Kensington / Apple TrackPad kernel Hello all. I have just released a new kernel based on current sources (as of 4/26/99) and my work on the kensington branch of the mouse code. The new kernel has configurable (instead of locked on) support for the Kensington TurboMouse/Orbit devices and adds support for the tapping functionality of the trackpad in newer PowerBooks. It also features a way of remapping the buttons reported to the vmlinux server, which is primarily useful to those with 4 button mice. Finally, you can specify exactly how you want your mouse to be configured. Please see the page: http://alpha.ece.ucsb.edu/~michael/mklinux/kensington.html to download the kernel and for instructions on how to use it. In a nutshell, you need to add a mach_options line to your lilo.conf file if you don't have one. For TurboMouse support, add to the mach_options line mouse_probe=1 kensington=1 For Trackpad support, add this: mouse_probe=1 trackpad=1 Finally to remap buttons 1, 2, 3, and 4 to 5, 6, 7, and 8 (don't actually do this, it's just an example so you can see the order), you would add: button_map=5678 Only buttons 1-4 are currently supported. A zero in the appropriate field will disable the button completely. Note that previous Kensington kernels had a built-in assumed map of button_map=1322. Finally, note that, because this kernel is based on a current CVS snapshot, the resulting kernel may be considerably less stable than Generic #7. It works for me, but your mileage may vary. Please send feedback to me at michael@alpha.ece.ucsb.edu. I'd be interested to hear from you whether or not it works. Trackpad support has only been tested on a PowerBook G3, but should work on other PowerBooks newer than the 5300 as well. -- Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Santos Graduate Student Researcher Email: michael@alpha.ece.ucsb.edu ECE Department URL : http://alpha.ece.ucsb.edu/~michael University of California Tel : (805) 893-7788 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Fax : (805) 893-3262 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ========================================================================= Unsubscribe: <mailto:mklinux-development-system-unsubscribe@public.lists.apple.com> Help: <http://www.lists.apple.com/mklinux-development-system.html> or <mailto:mklinux-info@public.lists.apple.com>