ALPS Touchpad detected as PS/2 generic mouse on Fujitsu P8110

[Ketil]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

I have a Fujitsu Lifebook P-series, which comes with a touchpad. I have installed Ubuntu 10.04.1 (using wubi), and it only appears to detect a generic PS2 mouse. In System -> Preferences -> Mouse, I don't have the "Touchpad" tab. I have tried following various instructions online, but none of them have helped.

The thing that drives me nuts is the tap-to-click functionality on this laptop, which is hypersensitive, and I can't disable it. I keep editing my own text, writing in wrong places, selecting stuff I don't want, click while I type, etc etc etc. I even tried disabling it in Windows, but that didn't change anything in Linux.

Including files requested in the relevant section of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection ("In case Touchpad features like scrolling, tapping, etc do not work at all.")

Windows' Device Manager shows the mouse to be an ALPS device.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-1ubuntu4 [modified: usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic-pae 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 9 10:09:53 2010
DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6: added
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: FUJITSU LIFEBOOK P8110
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic-pae root=/dev/sda2 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: FUJITSU // Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: Version 1.07
dmi.board.name: FJNB203
dmi.board.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.board.version: F4
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: FUJITSU
dmi.chassis.version: LIFEBOOK P8110
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnFUJITSU//PhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvrVersion1.07:bd09/18/2009:svnFUJITSU:pnLIFEBOOKP8110:pvr10601127896:rvnFUJITSU:rnFJNB203:rvrF4:cvnFUJITSU:ct10:cvrLIFEBOOKP8110:
dmi.product.name: LIFEBOOK P8110
dmi.product.version: 10601127896
dmi.sys.vendor: FUJITSU
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic-pae

[Gursimran singh (simar)]

Hi ketil,

Thanks for reporting the bug and making ubuntu better. To work further on this bug report we need some more debugging information from you. Please upload the devices file using

cat /proc/bus/input/devices >devices

[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.