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[Bug 550625] Re: Alps touchpad is recognized but neither gsynaptics nor mouse preferences work

 

All the properties look correct to me. The right edge is defined as
anything to the right of value 870. I suggest we try to find out what X
values are being reported when we attempt to scroll on the right edge of
the touchpad. Someone please test the following:

You will want to print out or write down these instructions as we will
be changing to a VT for part of it. You can switch back and forth using
chvt if you want, but if you are unfamiliar it will be easiest to run
through these steps verbatim. If you get stuck in a text terminal and
don't know how to get out, run "sudo chvt 7".

$ sudo apt-get install input-utils evtest
$ sudo chvt 1

log in as your normal user

$ sudo lsinput

Find your mouse, should be something like "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint".
Now copy the "/dev/input/event#" line for the mouse.

$ sudo evtest [/dev/input/event# from previous step] | tee evtest.dump

Now run your finger across the trackpad in three motions:

1. Left to right across the middle of the touchpad
2. Top to bottom across the middle of the touchpad
3. Top to bottom across the right edge as though you are trying to scroll

You will see a ton of output flow across the screen. You may ignore the
output, it's just there so you're sure it's working. The output is being
saved to evtest.dump. When done:

$ sudo chvt 7

Finally, upload the evtest.dump file here. With this data we should be
able to figure out if the edges reported to the synaptics X driver is
correct.

Thanks

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Alps touchpad is recognized but neither gsynaptics nor mouse preferences work
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