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[Jonathan Lumb <678103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick

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Dell Inspiron N5030, Touchpad recognised as generic PS/2 mouse
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