ALPS GlidePoint touchpad 3-/4-finger gesture does not work on 14.04

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201310-14246 HP 14 Notebook

3-finger and 4-finger gestures does not work on the touchpad of this system.
(two finger scrolling still works as expected)

xinput shows 3-finger detection is supported:
ubuntu@201310-14246:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ALPS PS/2 Device id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP Truevision HD id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP Wireless hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
ubuntu@201310-14246:~$ xinput list-props 11 | grep Capa
 Synaptics Capabilities (291): 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.54
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.54-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1544 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ubuntu 1544 F...m pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jul 3 00:18:38 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4a726311-b83d-46a5-b10e-c4d9b5dd5992
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-02 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP 240 G2 Notebook PC
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=2a0776f8-27d4-48bc-b025-01f0466204a5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-30-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-30-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.127.4
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: B.13.T02
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 218B
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 39.21
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrB.13.T02:bd11/20/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP240G2NotebookPC:pvr0981100200505E10000120000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn218B:rvr39.21:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP 240 G2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0981100200505E10000120000
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[Christopher Hopper (christopher-jf-hopper)]

I'm experiencing the same issue. Three Finger gestures are not working, though two finger scrolling is working, even though my Touchpad does support three finger gestures.

System is a Thinkpad Carbon X1 2nd Generation (2014).

$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ELAN Touchscreen id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated Camera id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

$ xinput --list-props 12| grep "Capabilities"
 Synaptics Capabilities (319): 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1

$ xinput --list-props 12| grep "Action"
 Synaptics Tap Action (305): 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 3, 0
 Synaptics Click Action (306): 1, 3, 0

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Still not working with 3.19 kernel.

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=0500
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event5
B: PROP=9
B: EV=b
B: KEY=e420 70000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=260800001000003