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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] can someone update the synaptics rpm be 10.2 release
From:       Olivier Blin <oblin () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2005-03-31 23:07:09
Message-ID: m31x9vwh2a.fsf () blino_pt ! mds
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Brouard Nicolas <nicolas.brouard@libertysurf.fr> writes:

> Le jeudi 31 mars 2005 à 17:45 +0200, Olivier Blin a écrit :
>> Brouard Nicolas <nicolas.brouard@libertysurf.fr> writes:
>> 
>> > Is there any reason for non inclusion of the Alps patches into the
>> > kernel 10.2?
>> 
>> No new kernel release is planned for 10.2, that's why it's useless to
>> upgrade the synaptics package now.
>
> This isn't an answer.
>
> Since Mandrake 10.2RC2 is out, the kernel versions (on Mandrake cooker)
> has changed from 2.6.11 to 2.6.11.4 including new patches in a few
> days.

I meant "no new Mandrake kernel package release is planned".
Most 2.6.11.* updates have been used in our latest kernel package.
But I'm not a member of the kernel team, so I don't have any decision
power about that.

>> > Suppressing the Alps will really be a useless regression.
>> 
>> We haven't suppressed anything, your touchpad is now detected by the
>> kernel and thus we configure it to use synaptics.
>> If this breaks something, please tell us what's the best: completely
>> disable synpatics for ALPS touchpads or enable synaptics without the
>> kernel patches.
>
> I can't answer this question until the kernel question is not answered.

You can at least tell me what happens with current kernel package, and
without using the synaptics driver in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
configuration file.

-- 
Olivier Blin


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