Click wheel doesn't work on Sony Vaio PCG-r505GL

[Nik]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Wheel on touchpad doesn't work.when this laptop was presented to me it was running win xp sp1. Wheel was working, but after I reinstalled win and installed all drivers it stopped. The same is on Ubuntu.
Not only me has this problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 10 23:00:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 054c:0069 Sony Corp. Memorystick MSC-U03 Reader
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c07 D-Link System Wireless G DWA-110 Adapter
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Sony Corporation PCG-R505GL(UC)
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu7
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=dd0408af-32e4-4606-bb0f-4b7dc9cdaf5b ro vga=792 i915.modeset=0 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] Нет такого файла или каталога: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1393): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1393): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1448): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1460): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 07/08/02
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: R0227C1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 652L00000000D5CE907FDA30CB51
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR0227C1:bd07/08/02:svnSonyCorporation:pnPCG-R505GL(UC):pvrR2997313:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: PCG-R505GL(UC)
dmi.product.version: R2997313
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-21-generic

[Gursimran singh (simar)]

Hi Nik,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. If you could test the current Ubuntu stable release(maverick ubuntu 10.10), this would help us a lot.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.