Wow, even that's awesome news, can you believe it? Thanks for going ahead and doing what we didn't even think of. :)
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:49 PM, JohanFornander <fornander.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm stuck with an Acer TimelineX 3828TG notebook with a poorly > functioning touchpad identified as ImPS/2 by the kernel, therefore no > touchpad tab in the mouse properties in gnome. Vertical scrolling only > works downward and no sign of horizontal scrolling. > > I emailed the ALPS R&D team just to illuminate the problem and make sure > they are aware of it and got the following response: > > "Currently ALPS hasn't supported Linux driver yet. > However we starterd investigation to solve the matter that you have pointed > out." > > Even though i don't have too high expectations of having this issue > solved anytime soon, at least there was some reaction on their side... > Would be really nice if they did like broadcom and spent some extra > resources on linux, never too late to get in the game. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565543 > > Title: > Alps touchpad detected as ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse(in VAIO E series) after > the kernel upgrade > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Initially the ALPS touchpad was detected by the kernel but does not support > horizontal and vertical support but after the kernel upgrade to 10.04 > vertical scroll is working but horizontal scroll is not working. And the > kernel is not detecting the ALPS touchpad and the cat /proc/bus/input/devices > says it is a PS2 mouse .. > > This is seen in sony vaio E series in particular ... > > Also Bill in Comment #52 says > Acer Aspire One 532h (Alps touchpad). > I booted the distribution from a thumb drive, but once I installed from the > thumb drive and updated Ubuntu (10.04), I lost the touchpad (works as a > mouse) .. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/565543/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565543 Title: Alps touchpad detected as ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse(in VAIO E series) after the kernel upgrade -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
