Touchpad not detected on Lenovo SL500

[joe mcverry]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

Release joe@joe-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

Migrated from 9.04 to 9.10 on a Lenovo SL500 with dual boot to XPP.

The touch pad "Synatpcis PS/2 Port Touch Pad" does not respond. Installing gpointing-device-settings 1.3.1-2 does not correct problem. Running "xinput list" does not show any touch pad device.

As for sound "Conexant High Definition Smart Audio 221" . When running hardware tests the output device shows as "Dummy Stereo."

[David Hickman (dmhickman64)]

I have installed Ubuntu Karmic Koala on two computer systems. I love it. BUT, I cannot get any sound out of it. I have toyed with every sound setting I can find on both machines and I get nothing. I really want this to work. My output devices show as "dummy stereo" just like this person. Please show me how to correct this problem. Please let it be simple without having to jump through hoops and downloading all kinds of crazy software. I am not so sure I can find my way back to this forum. So, if you have an answer for me, I would appreciate an email at <email address hidden>. Thank you very, very much! David

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

David Hickman, please read this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems#Basic%20troubleshooting
If you still have problems after following that guide please ask a question at https://answers.launchpad.net/ or if you are sure that you are experiencing a bug, please open a separate one.

Joe Mcverry, your sound problems are not related to the touchpad problems, so they should be separate issues. Please do the same as David :)

I'll change the title of this issue so we can focus on the touchpad problem...

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Joe, please follow the instructions that you will find here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection
and add as separate attachements all the files requested there and any useful information you find.

[Gursimran singh (simar)]

Hi Joe,

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.

[joe mcverry (usacoder)]

touch pad and sound work in 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx

[Gursimran singh (simar)]

Thanks a lot joe for the feedback. As the problem no longer exist after 10.04, I'm closing the bug report.