Comment 39 for bug 311869

hansvschoot: I haven't downloaded the attachment yet. I'm running 9.10
Karmic 64 bit. Hopefully I can carve out some time this week to try it out.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. : )

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:23 AM, hansvschoot <email address hidden> wrote:

> joelzehring, have you downloaded and extracted the attachment from post
> 30 and read the howto.txt? it's not too dificult to do, if you know how
> to open&use a terminal (Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
> and open&use the synaptic packages manager (System > Administration >
> Synaptic Package Manager)
>
> if you run into any problems, post them here and i'll try to make the
> howto instructions more clear for first-time ubuntu users :o)
>
> by the way, are you still on the alpha2 version of lucid or are you
> running the 9.10 karmic? i don't know if the kernel patching goes well
> in lucid, i'll try it out in a couple of days. (haven't got my usb dvd
> drive around at the moment)
>
> --
> Add driver for Sentelic Touch pad
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> Status in OEM Priority Project: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image
>
> The touch pad used in the (newer) MSI Wind is made by Sentelic. Sentelic
> has released a linux driver and configuration utility under GPL. It is
> available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fsp-lnxdrv/. Some of the
> instructions included in the tar file seem to indicate this touch pad made
> be used in the Acer Aspire One as well.
> The supplied kernel code consists of a patch to the kernel ps/2 mouse
> driver to recognize the touch pad and a module to communicate with the touch
> pad.
>
> A discussion about building and using this driver on Ubuntu 8.10 is at
> http://forums.msiwind.net/default-msiwind/sentelic-linux-drivers-released-under-gnu-gpl-t4828.html
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