modprobe fix didnt work for me. touchpad appears in System->prefs->mouse
FWIW the machine is an Asus 901 $ uname -a $ 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:08:37 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux $ ive added the Xorg when the machine starts and heres the other reference to synaptics that Ive found in Xorg (--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found (II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Video Bus: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Sleep Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) CNF7129: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Asus EeePC extra buttons: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts. (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz) (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128 (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz) (II) config/udev: removing device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" ** Attachment added: "xorglog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/315882/+attachment/2373891/+files/xorglog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315882 Title: [Jaunty] synaptics driver needs to be updated to work with devices known as "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" and "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" starting with 2.6.28 series kernels To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/315882/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
