Touchpad no longer working on Oneiric on Dell N3010

[Adi Roiban]

I am testing the next release of Ubuntu and I found out that the touchpad is no longer working.

I checked the Fn button and the touchpad is not disabled from hardware.

Also left and right touchpad buttons are not working.

I am able to use the same touchpad on Maverick.

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.4.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 4 12:43:20 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110831)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N3010
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=5b693620-fde7-4032-8d7a-786940064e8d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 0M54MP
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A04
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A04
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd06/11/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN3010:pvrA04:rvnDellInc.:rn0M54MP:rvrA04:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA04:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron N3010
dmi.product.version: A04
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Adi Roiban (adiroiban)]

It looks like there is a problem with gnome settings.

The touchpad is working in the Login windows, but stops working after the gnome session is started.

I looked at mouse and touchpad settings and touchpad is enabled.

[Jakub Korbel (sirkubador-d)]

I can confirm it. When I start openbox session with gnome-settings-daemon included in autostart script, touchpad does not work.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dart (dart-v85)]

Got the exact same problem on Dell Inspiron 15R. Touchpad works at login screen only. The key mapped on keyboard for enabling/disabling touchpad is Fn+A dedicated touchpad key.

However, I get notification of touchpad being enabled or disabled even if I only hit touchpad key on keyboard (without holding FN key first). All other dedicated keys for changing brightness and enabling/disabling wireless etc. works only if they are pressed as a combination with Fn key.

[Adi Roiban (adiroiban)]

i removed the ~/.config/dconf/ folder and log in back again and the mouse was working... not sure what dconf property was messing with the mouse

[higuita (higuita)]

i think this bug is a dupe bug #549727, but with 11.10 the "disable touchpad while typing" is the one activating that bug (several apps disabling the touchpad and going out of sync)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

what is the value of "gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled"?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[none (ubuntu-bugs-nullinfinity-deactivatedaccount)]

I also have this problem in Oneiric after upgrade from Natty, where the touchpad worked fine. Gsettings claims that the touchpad is enabled:

$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled
true
$