Re: Touchpad sometimes detected twice

From: Darren Salt
Date: Fri Sep 08 2006 - 14:22:53 EST


I demand that Dmitry Torokhov may or may not have written...

> On Thursday 07 September 2006 16:33, Darren Salt wrote:
>> I demand that Dmitry Torokhov may or may not have written...
>>> On Wednesday 06 September 2006 14:56, Darren Salt wrote:
>>>> Sometimes, the touchpad on my (new) laptop is detected twice. This can
>>>> cause problems with udev [...]. Config etc. attached.
>>> Hmm, you could try booting with i8042.nomux.
>> Now tried, and added to the boot command line; so far, the problem hasn't
>> reappeared.

FWIW, it's still not reappearing. I'm assuming that this workaround is
sufficient.

>>> Does this laptop have external PS/2 ports?
>> No.

> May I have the output of dmidecode utility so we can blacklist MUX mode
> for that particular laptop please?

Vendor = "TOSHIBA"
Model = "EQUIUM A110"

More info is attached, but the above should be enough.

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Hell's broken loose.
# dmidecode 2.8
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
23 structures occupying 965 bytes.
Table at 0x000DC010.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: TOSHIBA
Version: V1.30
Release Date: 07/20/2006
Address: 0xE5B80
Runtime Size: 107648 bytes
ROM Size: 512 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
Product Name: EQUIUM A110
Version: PSAB2E-002006AV
Serial Number: [removed]
UUID: [removed]
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Specified
Family: Not Specified

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
Product Name: HTW20
Version: Null
Serial Number: 0123456789AB

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag: *
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: None
OEM Information: 0x00001234

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: U2E1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Other
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: E8 06 00 00 FF FB E9 AF
Version: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1
Voltage: 3.3 V
External Clock: Unknown
Max Speed: 2048 MHz
Current Speed: 1860 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: ZIF Socket
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified

[snip]

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
String 1: PSAB2E-002006AV,SSAB2002006AV

[snip]