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[Eva Brucherseifer <eva.brucherseifer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

my current conclusion is to update the kernel first. According to various people on this list, the Z has the new Intel Sandybridge. This is at least causing the X issues. For example Niklas is using Tumbleweed Suse instead of the normal Suse, so he also has a kernel 3.0.1. I'll give it a try and let you know what it fixes.

As for the xserver-org-input-synaptics patches, I spend all weekend with this one. All important parts of these patches are already included into suse. I don't know the status without them, but I have multitouch keyboard working. Tab + Move works correctly to Drag&Drop.
Only the hardware buttons don't work correctly. The patches make a new setting "TouchPadArea" available which is set to 20%, but somehow it doesn't work. I change the also newly introduced setting AreaBottomEdge, but it only helped a little bit. However, click (hw-button, keeping it pressed) + drag does not work.

Actually I read the patches and the sources, I don't think that Button-Press+Move works for anybody. If so, please let us know. I've read suse, ubuntu and those patches mentioned in the blog article. Archlinux has a different patch. Nicklas has Archlinux and he reported to use the normal tap workaround.

Best,
Eva




Am Montag 05 September 2011, 23:12:51 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
> I'm using debian sid and I have the same problems as you, ie:
> - i915.modeset=0
> - suspend problem
> - no sound and no mic
> - trackpad issue
> - cannot change brightness
> 
> I did not test but I gathered some useful informations :
> To make sound and mic working you have to build or install at least
> alsa 1.0.24 and maybe for the mic you have to apply a patch.
> To make the clickpad working you have to apply some patches to
> xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> http://bigbrovar.aoizora.org/index.php/2011/05/24/better-clickpad-support-for-ubuntu-11-04/
> 
> Regards,
> Damien R.
> 
> 


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