diff --git a/public/blog/2022-12-05_buggy-trackpoint.html b/public/blog/2022-12-05_buggy-trackpoint.html index 8f25289..cb357c0 100644 --- a/public/blog/2022-12-05_buggy-trackpoint.html +++ b/public/blog/2022-12-05_buggy-trackpoint.html @@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ pre { overflow-x: auto; - padding-left: 1rem; + background-color: #eee; + border-radius: 5px; + padding: 10px; } + @@ -70,6 +73,36 @@ doas modprobe psmouse So now I can run fixmouse whenever the driver stops working.

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Update 2023-09-24: If the psmose module is builtin, it can't be + unloaded, giving "rmmod: ERROR: Module psmouse is builtin." + Fortunately, there's a better way of reloading the trackpad using a + method described in an + article on LWN from 2005. +

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The error in the kernel buffer indicates that the trackpad is called + serio1, but for posterity we can find devices using the + psmouse driver with find: +

$ find /sys/bus -name psmouse
+/sys/bus/serio/drivers/psmouse
+$ ls -l /sys/bus/serio/drivers/psmouse
+total 0
+--w-------. 1 root root 4096 Sep 23 22:19 bind
+-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Sep 23 22:19 bind_mode
+-r--r--r--. 1 root root 4096 Sep 23 22:19 description
+lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root    0 Sep 24 10:42 serio1 -> ../../../../devices/platform/i8042/serio1
+--w-------. 1 root root 4096 Sep 23 14:20 uevent
+--w-------. 1 root root 4096 Sep 24 10:36 unbind
+
+ As described in the article, we can unbind the touchpad with (as root) +
echo -n "serio1" > /sys/bus/serio/drivers/psmouse/unbind
+ My touchpad rebinds automatically after a few seconds, but you should be + able to bind it manually using + [...]/psmouse/bind. +