Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
This new type touchpad has a left click in the lower left corner and right click in the lower right. These worked on lucid, but on maverick, neither work.
Even though the left /right click worked on lucid, there was another problem on lucid which occurred when attemption to select text. After pressing and activating the left click, any touch to the pad (to start selecting text) immediately would cause the mouse to jump off the nearest corner of the screen. Thus text selection is impossible in lucid.
I have no way to test this in maverick, since the click capability is missing.
On both lucid and maverick, tapping the pad will result in a left click, and bottom edge horizontal scrolling and right edge vertical scrolling works.
Originally, I thought this was kernel related and filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/621821 , but was advised by upstream https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18122 that this touchpad is not supported upstream yet (legal issues). So, the patches that were provided in lucid need to be applied again in maverick.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1024x600
edid-base64: AP///////wAGr9IjAAAAAAATAQSQFg14Aitpl1dVlikhT1QAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBsBMAQEFYGSAYiDEA330AAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTAxQVcwMiBWMyAKALg=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Thu Sep 9 09:06:27 2010
DkmsStatus:
bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-20-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-19-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.36-999-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100831.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 20040M18
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgsda8-lvsda8root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 05/26/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 24CN25WW
dmi.board.name: Caucasus2
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr24CN25WW:bd05/26/2010:svnLENOVO:pn20040M18:pvrLenovoIdeapadS10-3t:rvnLENOVO:rnCaucasus2:rvrRev1.0:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvrRev1.0:
dmi.product.name: 20040M18
dmi.product.version: Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.35-20-generic
This is an ugly regression since ubuntu 10.04, testing maverick I ended up with a non working touchpad, where on is not able to open a pop-up menu, no right mouse button support. so lenovo s10-3t netbooks users are effected.