Comment 15 for bug 372090

Hi,

The laptop is not old. It's a Satelile, it's a monster machine as far as specs. It cannot be a speed issue.
The device is:

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7321
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio4/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse2 event7
B: EV=b
B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=1000003

xinput is:

Device 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint':
 Device Enabled (154): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (156): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 Device Accel Profile (273): 0
 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (274): 1.000000
 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (275): 1.000000
 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (276): 10.000000
 Synaptics Edges (290): 153, 870, 115, 652
 Synaptics Finger (291): 12, 14, 127
 Synaptics Tap Time (292): 180
 Synaptics Tap Move (293): 56
 Synaptics Tap Durations (294): 180, 180, 100
 Synaptics Tap FastTap (295): 0
 Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (296): 75
 Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (297): 139
 Synaptics Two-Finger Width (298): 7
 Synaptics Scrolling Distance (299): 25, 25
 Synaptics Edge Scrolling (300): 1, 0, 0
 Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (301): 0, 0
 Synaptics Move Speed (302): 0.400000, 0.700000, 0.039124, 40.000000
 Synaptics Edge Motion Pressure (303): 14, 79
 Synaptics Edge Motion Speed (304): 1, 102
 Synaptics Edge Motion Always (305): 0
 Synaptics Button Scrolling (306): 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Repeat (307): 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Time (308): 100
 Synaptics Off (309): 0
 Synaptics Guestmouse Off (310): 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags (311): 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (312): 5000
 Synaptics Tap Action (313): 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
 Synaptics Click Action (314): 1, 1, 1
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling (315): 0
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (316): 0.100000
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (317): 0
 Synaptics Circular Pad (318): 0
 Synaptics Palm Detection (319): 0
 Synaptics Palm Dimensions (320): 10, 99
 Synaptics Coasting Speed (321): 0.000000
 Synaptics Pressure Motion (322): 14, 79
 Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (323): 1.000000, 1.000000
 Synaptics Grab Event Device (324): 1
 Synaptics Gestures (325): 1
 Synaptics Capabilities (326): 1, 1, 1, 0, 0
 Synaptics Pad Resolution (327): 1, 1
 Synaptics Area (328): 0, 0, 0, 0
 Synaptics Jumpy Cursor Threshold (329): 0

xmodmap:

There are 12 pointer buttons defined.

    Physical Button
     Button Code
        1 1
        2 2
        3 3
        4 4
        5 5
        6 6
        7 7
        8 8
        9 9
       10 10
       11 11
       12 12

Now, the bad news.

Basically, when there is a "cursor is not moving" problem, events don't show up _at all_. Just to clarify: I can tap, *violently* against the touchpad, and nothing scrolls up. No events are logged... AS LONG AS the touch -- even though is quite strong -- is very brief. I can drag my fingertip as far as half way though the touchpad, and see absolutely no events scroll up. If I move it more freely, once the pointer was picked up, the cursor moves freely.

I have the slight feeling this might possibly be a kernel issue. I vaguely remember reading about kernel issues with this very device... but quite frankly I can't remember.