I am on a Dell XT After using Rik's method with dmesg, I added the following line to alps.c:
{ { 0x73, 0x00, 0x14 }, 0xcf, 0xcf, ALPS_PASS | ALPS_DUALPOINT | ALPS_PS2_INTERLEAVED }, /* Dell Latitude XT */ as result: - lsinput recognizes the alps touchpad and the dualpoint stick: /dev/input/event10 bustype : BUS_I8042 vendor : 0x2 product : 0x8 version : 0 name : "DualPoint Stick" phys : "isa0060/serio1/input1" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_REL /dev/input/event11 bustype : BUS_I8042 vendor : 0x2 product : 0x8 version : 29442 name : "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" phys : "isa0060/serio1/input0" bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_ABS - scrolling does not work on the touchpad - pointing stick and related buttons do not work - "sudo input-events 10" shows data only when using the touchpad (not the pointing stick): 01:42:48.036377: EV_REL REL_X 1 01:42:48.036384: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 - input-events 11 does not show any data If I change the line and eliminate ALPS_PASS as in: { { 0x73, 0x00, 0x14 }, 0xcf, 0xcf, ALPS_DUALPOINT | ALPS_PS2_INTERLEAVED }, /* Dell Latitude XT */ - the devices are still recognized as before - scrolling works on the touchpad - the pointing stick behavez strange, with the cursor jumping and clicking randomly - pointing stick buttons do not works - "sudo input-events 10" shows data only when using the pointing stick (not the touchpad, although the touchpad works very well): 01:46:11.234481: EV_REL REL_X -380 01:46:11.234488: EV_REL REL_Y -255 01:46:11.234490: EV_KEY BTN_LEFT (0x110) pressed 01:46:11.234492: EV_KEY BTN_RIGHT (0x111) pressed 01:46:11.234497: EV_KEY BTN_MIDDLE (0x112) pressed 01:46:11.234501: EV_SYN code=0 value=0 - "sudo input-events 11" does not show any data -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606238 Title: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs