1	# Installing Slackware 13.0 Dell Mini 10v 
     2	# kjteoh 
     3	# 11.02.2010
     4	
     5	We recently obtained a Dell Mini 10v and installed Slackware 13.0 on it
     6	w/o any problems.  There almost nothing to report here.  It just works
     7	right out of the box.
     8	
     9	Points to note however is:- 
    10	
    11	First
    12	
    13	Mousepad suxs and immediately below are some instructions on how to make
    14	it more tolerable...
    15	
    16	1.  The problem here is, Xorg now pretty much ignores the
    17	/etc/Xorg/xorg.conf when it comes to mouse and keyboard settings and in
    18	turn, the hald and messagebus daemons/systems now "supplys" the relevant
    19	information to the X Server.
    20	
    21	W/o any modification to the /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe and /etc/hal/fdi/policy
    22	directories, the mousepad is detected as some Mac Mouse and we cannot
    23	use the synaptics drivers to "control" it.  We can see this in the
    24	/var/log/Xorg.0.log .
    25	
    26	2. To have your mousepad properly "detected", create a file in
    27	/etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/10-blacklist.fdi and include the following:-
    28	
    29	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    30	
    31	<!--  15/12/2008 by BJ
    32	    *Match* devices you want to blacklist and *merge* info.ignore to true
    33	       Get the necessary info to match with hal-device
    34	-->
    35	
    36	<deviceinfo version="0.2">
    37	    <device>
    38	        <match key="info.category" contains="input">
    39	            <match key="input.product" contains="Macintosh">
    40	                <merge key="info.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
    41	            </match>
    42	        </match>
    43	    </device>
    44	</deviceinfo>
    45	
    46	ps: this will blacklist the Macintosh mouse
    47	
    48	
    49	3. And in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi
    50	
    51	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
    52	  <device>
    53	    <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
    54	        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
    55	      <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">on</merge>
    56	    </match>
    57	  </device>
    58	</deviceinfo>
    59	
    60	ps: this ensures that the synaptics driver is use and SHMConfi is "ON".
    61	
    62	
    63	4. Once you have these files in place, restart the hald daemon with
    64	/etc/rc.d/rc.hald restart and startx
    65	
    66	
    67	5. See /var/log/Xorg.0.log and search for:-
    68	
    69	(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (II)
    70	Loading /usr/lib//xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
    71	
    72	(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.3
    73	
    74	In otherwords, search for signs of the synaptics driver being loaded.
    75	
    76	
    77	7.  Now that this is done, startup xterm/rxvt and type synclient -l .
    78	This displays default configs that your mousepad reports/uses.  I have
    79	noticed that the mousepad defaults do not accept "taps" .. and in turn,
    80	"synclient TapButton=1" with enable this feature and therefore we rely
    81	less on the lower left mouse-press button that really suxs and causes
    82	the mouse to jump like anything/erratic.
    83	
    84	
    85	8.  Next up is, syndaemon -d which creates a daemon process and watches
    86	for keystrokes and when sensed, it will disable the mousepad... and
    87	later re-enable the mousepad for normal usage. (Quite nice I think)
    88	
    89	Second Wireless drivers/modules can require manual build with
    90	hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz
    91	
    92	ftp://5lm.net/pub/broadcom/bcm4312/
    93	
    94	Untar/un-gzip and follow the instructions accordingly to get it
    95	going... and it works.
    96	
    97	kjteoh 
    98	ps: from the console, Fn and Alt + F1 or F2 or F3 to switch
    99	console.  Otherwise, chvt X (X=1 2 3 4 etc).
   100  
   101  UPDATE: Jumpy Touchpad fixed see slackware13_dell_10v_touchpad_fix.txt	
   102  works like a dream now.
   103  UPDATE: Make firefox behave ie, font size and stuff with
   104  echo "gtk-font-name = \"Verdana 7\" " > .gtkrc-2.0 restart firefox