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It would seem that this bug is similar to the following although on different hardware: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/650529 Dell Inspiron N5030 running Ubuntu Maverick 10.10, kernel 2.6.37-020637rc2-generic. The touchpad is failing to be recognised as a touchpad and being configured instead as a PS/2 generic mouse. As a consequence, settings such as touchpad sensitivity, scrolling, tapping, multi-touch etc. cannot be altered in the slightest making the touchpad very unresponsive and pretty much useless. Here are the outputs to a couple of commands that may be useful: ~$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_0.3M id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] lumbfamily@lumb:~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices ### #OTHER DEVICES HERE ### I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000 N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse" P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event6 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 It appears, although not mentioned above, that this Dell model uses an Alps touchpad. Please can something be done about this bug so that a laptop that offers otherwise full support on Ubuntu can be made even better - this issue seriously affects the usability of this computer under Ubuntu and I suspect it will affect many users as this is a popular model! Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu5 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-020637rc2-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: btrfs zlib_deflate crc32c libcrc32c ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs vfat msdos fat jfs xfs exportfs reiserfs binfmt_misc parport_pc ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi i915 snd_seq_midi_event arc4 drm_kms_helper ath9k snd_seq drm i2c_algo_bit video mac80211 snd_timer snd_seq_device intel_agp intel_gtt snd dell_wmi ath9k_common output ath9k_hw dell_laptop psmouse agpgart ath uvcvideo serio_raw sparse_keymap videodev v4l1_compat cfg80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc lp shpchp parport dcdbas usb_storage ahci libahci atl1c Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Nov 21 11:47:41 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.37-020637rc2-generic ** Affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: Invalid ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- Dell Inspiron N Series, Touchpad recognised as generic PS/2 mouse https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/678103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
