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[Bug 380126] Re: [Karmic] Touchpad not recognised correctly, synaptics driver not in use

 

I am having the same problem with my Dell Precision M4500

~$ uname -a
Linux gba-jbaxter2-ub 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l

~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
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/input13
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event13 
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i mouse
[    18.138] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    18.484] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse (/dev/input/event13)
[    18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: always reports core events
[    18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event13"
[    18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[    18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found relative axes
[    18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[    18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[    18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    18.484] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Generic Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[    18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[    18.484] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)

However Synaptics detects it ok
~$ sudo tpconfig -i
Found Synaptics Touchpad.
Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode).
Sensor type: unknown (0).
Geometry: rectangular/landscape/up.
Packets: absolute, 80 packets per second.
Corner taps disabled;		no tap gestures.
Edge motion: none.
Z threshold: 6 of 7.
2 button mode; corner tap is right button click.

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Title:
  [Karmic] Touchpad not recognised correctly, synaptics driver not in
  use



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