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Tiny Core Base => Corepure64 => Topic started by: nick65go on June 04, 2026, 12:33:11 PM

Title: TC17-64 bits, Xorg synaptics working?
Post by: nick65go on June 04, 2026, 12:33:11 PM

@Juanito: As you have (I assume) near the same devices like in my laptop (gpu-id =a7a1 Raptor Lake -P), I wonder if ALL your devices work now properly in TC17.

In principle I gave up (temporary) on TinyCore because
my synaptic pad was not working with the new Xorg server in TC16.
Plus some problems with sound not working without GPU firmware .. (crazy dependency),
Plus gpu XE driver not working (but i915 was OK).

https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27662 (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27662)
Topic: synaptics driver for Xorg not working in TC16 x64  (Read 12533 times)

https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27646.msg178636#msg178636 (https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=27646.msg178636#msg178636)
Topic: No sound in TC16_x64 for CPU= Raptor Lake-P  (Read 3426 times)

"And in CachyOS (no advertise is intended here) I have all I need out-of-the-box: microcode-CPU, compiled for x86-x64-v3, sound analog+HDMI, WiFI, blue-tooth, F1-F12 key working (brightness, mute) etc. The F1-F12 were not working in TC16-x64, but I did no reported because was a minor annoyance versus touch-pad"

Title: Re: TC17-64 bits, Xorg synaptics working?
Post by: Juanito on June 04, 2026, 02:27:52 PM

I usually use a different laptop for tinycore and keep this one for stuff that only works with windows :P

I can confirm that with tc-17.x, the xe driver now works and the touchpad works with the default settings (I haven’t figured out to mimic a third button press).

WiFi works without problems, but I’m not sure if I tested sound or not.

I haven’t tested Bluetooth apart from loading the kernel drivers and checking that dmesg looked like it would work.

Title: Re: TC17-64 bits, Xorg synaptics working?
Post by: Juanito on June 07, 2026, 08:38:30 AM

Some progress..

Sound works using alsa - after loading graphics-KERNEL then alsa-config then alsa:

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aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC289 Analog [ALC289 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

..and sound-test works.

The clickpad is still something of a mystery and it seems it's seen as both a touchpad and a mouse:

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/usr/local/lib/libinput/libinput-list-devices
...
Device:           VEN_0488:00 0488:105F Mouse
Kernel:           /dev/input/event16
Group:            5
Seat:             seat0, default
Capabilities:     pointer
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      disabled
Nat.scrolling:    disabled
Middle emulation: disabled
Calibration:      n/a
Scroll methods:   button
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles:   flat *adaptive custom
Rotation:         0.0

Device:           VEN_0488:00 0488:105F Touchpad
Kernel:           /dev/input/event17
Group:            5
Seat:             seat0, default
Size:             128x86mm
Capabilities:     touch
Tap-to-click:     n/a
Tap-and-drag:     n/a
Tap drag lock:    n/a
Left-handed:      n/a
Nat.scrolling:    n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration:      identity matrix
Scroll methods:   none
Click methods:    none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles:   n/a
Rotation:         0.0

This enables simultaneous left-click right-click to simulate middle-click, which I needed to paste:

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cat /usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "MiddleEmulation" "true"
EndSectionMatchIsTouchpad doesn't work - there are many, many more options in windows for the clickpad including 3 finger and 4 finger gestures...

Bluetooth works as expected using the intel firmware - though I do need to sort the blueman extension out.

Title: Re: TC17-64 bits, Xorg synaptics working?
Post by: nick65go on June 07, 2026, 09:09:53 AM

many thanks for sharing your progress. WIFI OK

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rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.binsound OK

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sudo dmesg | grep sound
[    5.829924] input: sof-hda-dsp Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0/input13
[    5.829975] input: sof-hda-dsp Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0/input14
[    5.830023] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0/input15
[    5.830068] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=4 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0/input16
[    5.830109] input: sof-hda-dsp HDMI/DP,pcm=5 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/skl_hda_dsp_generic/sound/card0/input17

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sudo dmesg | grep -i firmware
[    5.515668] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin
[    5.523229] rtw89_8852be 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 0.29.29.15 (6fb3ec41), cmd version 0, type 5
[    5.639891] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware paths/files for ipc type 0:
[    5.639906] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3:  Firmware file:     intel/sof/sof-rpl.ri
[    5.640332] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware info: version 2:2:0-57864
[    5.640334] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: Firmware: ABI 3:22:1 Kernel ABI 3:23:1