ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad does not work (but its buttons do)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xfree86-
This touchpad is recognized but it does not work, i.e. the touch surface does not work. However its two buttons (left/right click) do work. It worked fine in Hardy.
A workaround is executing
modprobe -r psmouse
modprobe psmouse proto=imps
but this does not seem to be a real solution.
xinput list:
...
"ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" id=4 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 12
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is 32
Max_value is 544
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is 32
Max_value is 352
Resolution is 1
/proc/bus/
...
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000e Version=0000
N: Name="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
P: Phys=isa0060/
S: Sysfs=/
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse2 event9
B: EV=f
B: KEY=6420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
B: ABS=3
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: xserver-
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #40-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 3 17:39:51 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xfree86-
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800 Host Bridge [1106:0204]
Subsystem: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL Corp Device [14ff:0322]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800/
Subsystem: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL Corp Device [14ff:0322]
| Changed in xfree86-driver-synaptics (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
| affects: | xfree86-driver-synaptics (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) |
| tags: | added: jaunty |

I have the same problem, with xserver- xorg-input- synaptics in Jaunty. It seems to work when the touchpad is specified in xorg.conf, the old way, but not when relying on HAL.