Elan smart-pad (v5.2) recognized as PS2 mouse

[Arto Huotari]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Elan Smart-Pad recognized by windows 7as V5.2 is recognized as PS2 mouse

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=909394

which forwards to

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27442

and then it gets a bit too cryptic for me.
Also I suspect that

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/565543

is related or duplicate even though it is about ALPS touch pads.
I have Acer eMachines E642G

Bug 777424 is very likely duplicate (I did not run apport-collect since system told me not to)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-31.61-generic 2.6.32.32+drm33.14
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 25 16:03:11 2011
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-28-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-31-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
MachineType: eMachines eME642G
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic root=UUID=40508207-89dc-4cad-b4d4-4ed31893e41b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: eMachines
dmi.bios.version: V1.04
dmi.board.name: eME642G
dmi.board.vendor: eMachines
dmi.board.version: V1.04
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines
dmi.chassis.version: V1.04
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvneMachines:bvrV1.04:bd08/10/2010:svneMachines:pneME642G:pvrV1.04:rvneMachines:rneME642G:rvrV1.04:cvneMachines:ct10:cvrV1.04:
dmi.product.name: eME642G
dmi.product.version: V1.04
dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-31-generic

[Arto Huotari (roskapostiaminulle)]

Marked this as duplicate of 512192 since the symptoms seem same. It is very likely that fixing 512192 will fix this also