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[Adam Spiers <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

[This bug doesn't quite fit any of the cases described at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection - nevertheless I'll
provide all the information that page suggests to gather.]

On my Samsung N150+ netbook running fully patched Ubuntu 10.04, the
touchpad is being detected as an ImPS/2 mouse.  All normal functions
work correctly: pointer movement, left/right click, scroll up/down using
the right-hand edge of the pad ... even scroll up/down via two-finger
multi-touch works!  However there are NO signs in any of the debugging
information gathered that a touchpad driver is active, and this
correlates with the fact that there is no Touchpad Tab in
System>Administration>Mouse in the Main menu.

Therefore the usability impact is that it is impossible to disable the
touch-to-tap feature which is highly irritating because it's almost
impossible to type for any length of time without accidentally
triggering a tap on the touchpad.  This can sometimes have really
unfortunate consequences, e.g. accidentally initiating a transaction in
an online banking application whilst the transaction form details are
still incomplete/incorrect.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.44~ppa1~loms~lucid-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 11 01:07:23 2010
DkmsStatus:
 easy_slow_down_manager, 0.13.2, 2.6.32-24-generic, i686: installed 
 easy_slow_down_manager, 0.13.2, 2.6.32-25-generic, i686: installed 
 samsung_backlight, 0.13.2, 2.6.32-24-generic, i686: installed 
 samsung_backlight, 0.13.2, 2.6.32-25-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. N150P/N210P/N220P
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=b60874ed-69cc-4266-ad33-458f8115e5d2 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 04/30/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 01KY.M008.20100430.RHU
dmi.board.asset.tag: SAMSUNG
dmi.board.name: N150P/N210P/N220P
dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr01KY.M008.20100430.RHU:bd04/30/2010:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnN150P/N210P/N220P:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnN150P/N210P/N220P:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: N150P/N210P/N220P
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.32-24-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid ubuntu-une

-- 
touchpad detected as ImPS/2 even though multi-touch works
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658017
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