Synaptics touchpad toggle area and LED doesn't work

[Dmitry Cidious]

Many of the modern HP laptops have new Synaptics touchpad with soft toggling area on the top left corner (instead of hadrware button) and the LED near it.
The synaptics driver doesn't have the option to handle that and the kernel cannot control this LED.
Here is the solution:
http://abhinandh.com/post/4336662463/getting-the-double-tap-on-the-led-to-disable-touchpad

PS I think it's a duplicate for Bug #795920

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: kwin
Date: Tue Jul 12 10:55:43 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: kubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-8-generic-pae, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
 vboxhost, 4.0.10, 2.6.38-8-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:166a]
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic-pae root=UUID=9024fc54-0d56-4896-b816-84c9902b94cf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.04
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 166A
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 08.10
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.04:bd02/11/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliong7NotebookPC:pvr059A100000204610000020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn166A:rvr08.10:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 059A100000204610000020100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Skórek (skorek7)]

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
DistroCodename: precise
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.2-1ubuntu1~precise2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27
Tags: precise running-unity ubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: Please work this issue through technical support channels first.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers

[Skórek (skorek7)]

apport information

[Alberto Quattrini Li (alberto-quattrinili)]

the link to the solution (http://abhinandh.com/post/4336662463/getting-the-double-tap-on-the-led-to-disable-touchpad) does not work anymore

[Amit Mendapara (cristatus)]

Here is the location: http://abhinandh.tumblr.com/post/4336662463/getting-the-double-tap-on-the-led-to-disable-touchpad

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Dmitry Cidious, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-synaptics REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Dmitry Cidious (cidious)]

Now I'm running the Kubuntu 13.10.
Is the Kubuntu 14.04 Alpha 1 suitable for this test?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]