tap-to-select option is missing for trackpoint on Thinkpad R61 in Hardy beta

[Robert Persson]

Binary package hint: linux-image

I cannot enable tap-to-select on the trackpoint on my Thinkpad R61 in Hardy beta.

According to various howtos on the web, there ought to be a virtual file at /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select where I can enable this. But there isn't.

[Daniel Sargeant (dsargeant)]

I didn't know this feature was possible, but I confirm that it doesn't exist on my R61 either.

[Robert Persson (ireneshusband)]

Apparently the issue is due to the fact that that certain newer thinkpads, such as many of the R61s, use ALPS dual pointing devices instead of Synaptics ones. See http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraNav.

See also upstream bug report http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8864.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, moving to the linux package.

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

Unfortunately it seems this bug is still an issue. Can you confirm this issue exists with the most recent Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 release - http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-9.04-desktop . If the issue remains in Jaunty, please test the latest upstream kernel build - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Let us know your results. Thanks.

[Arvid Norlander (vorpalblade)]

Issue exists with a Thinkpad R500 with Ubuntu 9.04 as well. It has such an ALPS Dual Pointing device.

Using kernel 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64. Any more useful info I can provide?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Robert Persson, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested and remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

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If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
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Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

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[Wendy Worth (wendyworth)]

don't understand

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Closing this bug with Won't fix as this kernel / release is no longer supported.
Please feel free to open a new bug report if you're still experiencing this on a newer release (Bionic 18.04.3 / Disco 19.04)
Thanks!