Maverick kernel treats touchpad's middle button as ClickPad

[Dana Goyette]

This seems to be the inverse of bug 582809 (ClickPad buttons Not working).

The Maverick kernel treats my 3-button touchpad as if it were a ClickPad. When I press my physical middle button, I don't get a middle-click -- instead, I get a left or a right click depending on where my finger is on the touchpad.

In dmesg, I see "ClickPad Mode Enabled". This bug is a real showstopper for me -- try using a mouse with no middle button, and you'll see why.

The vanilla 2.6.36-rc kernels, from kernel-ppa, do not have this issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
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Regression: Yes
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[Miguel Rodríguez (migrax)]

Maybe this is a sympton of #582809?

[Dana Goyette (danagoyette)]

Rather, it's a side effect of the patch that FIXES bug 582809 .

[Chris Schanck (chris-schanck)]

This ones got me flummoxed too.

[Chris Schanck (chris-schanck)]

Just to elaborate, on my Dell Precision M6500, which has both trackpoint and trackpad, complete with 2 sets of buttons, the middle button always works as a left-click. This is new for the Maverick RC; Lucid was fine.

It seems to be treating the entire trackpad as a clickpad, even though it is emphatically is not a clickpad.

Addiitonally, gpointing-device-settings segaults out when run. Gr.

[tob (tobynbertram)]

Please try the patch that I posted in bug 582809: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/582809/comments/39
I fixed the Clickpad detection in the patch which should resolve this bug.

[Chris Schanck (chris-schanck)]

Your patch fixes it for me as far as the physical middle button now being recognized. I don't use the actual touchpad for anything (I use the trackpoint) so I have no idea what the effect is on that. But thanks! At least I can use it now.

FWIW, from dmesg:

[ 28.253597] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.4, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xd447b1/0xf4040d/0x8a0000
[ 28.253603] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio1/input0
[ 28.290612] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input13

[Darko Veberic (darko-veberic-kit)]

The same on my HP EliteBook 8730w with maverick. Bug 633535 is probably a duplicate of this one.

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

So this bug is a duplicate of Bug 582809, isn't it?

The dkms module provided by pauls (#60 and #61) fixed the problem for me.
(it mays used tob patch, but the dkms module sounds like a cleaner way to install it).

[pierre (mkzuot)]

The same on my HP EliteBook 8730w with maverick. maverick corrects the backlight intensity keys of this laptop, but adds this new problem. middle click=left click. a standard 3 button usb mouse works correctly. does the method of 582809 #60 works to recognize the 8730w touchpad middle click ? Seems not very simple for a newby like me!

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

@pierre: I have a HP EliteBook 8530p, here is an easy way to apply this fix (just run those commands in a terminal):

sudo apt-get install dkms
wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/582809/+attachment/1675262/+files/psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic-patched.tar.bz2
tar -xjf psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic-patched.tar.bz2
sudo cp -r psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic /usr/src/
sudo dkms add -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic
sudo dkms build -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic
sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic

And reboot.
(if you don't want to reboot, you can just try "sudo rmmod psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse")

Please confirm if this work.

[abePdIta (abepdita)]

Hi. I'm the author of the duplicate bug 636720 . I applied the patch but it didn't work for me.
Now I will wait for other users to report feedbacks and if some of them are positive I'll remove the duplicate bug link.
Anyway, thank you for your work.

[tob (tobynbertram)]

@abePdIta
Can you post your dmesg after applying the patch?

[jedioetzi (jedioetzi)]

Same behaviour on my hp8510p

[Martin Elwin (martin-elwin)]

Patch fixed my Dell M6500 (same as reported above) - thanks!

Touchpad also seems fine, but less sensitive than before 10.10 upgrade from 10.04. Haven't looked into fixing this yet through other means.

[pierre (mkzuot)]

@Nicolas Delvaux : I confirm the commands you told me yesterday in #11 works perfectly after a reboot on my HP Elitebook 8730w. Many thanks !!! (if you do sudo rmmod psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse instead of rebooting, you loose sensitivity, as described #15, but everything is ok after the next reboot.

[abePdIta (abepdita)]

@tob
Sure! Here it is.

[Carsten Schlipf (carsten-schlipf)]

@Nicolas Delvaux : Does not work for me - HP EliteBook 8530w

dmesg says:
[ 202.846211] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.0, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd44791/0xb00000/0x20000
[ 202.846220] Synaptics: Clickpad mode enabled
[ 202.846230] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
[ 202.888256] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input9
[ 208.592142] input: PS/2 Generic Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/serio6/input/input10

[pierre (mkzuot)]

@Nicolas Delvaux

quick sum up of "dmesg | grep Synaptics"

pierre : HP 8730w : OK
[ ] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.5, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xa44791/0xb00000/0x0

Chris Schanck : Dell Precision M6500 : OK
[ ] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.4, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xd447b1/0xf4040d/0x8a0000

Carsten Schlipf: HP 8530w : NOK (because Clickpad mode enabled)
[ ] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.0, id: 0x1c0b1, caps: 0xd44791/0xb00000/0x20000

Nicolas Delvaux: HP 8530w : OK
??

->there is a some small difference between all these touchpads id, but I can't figure out what are all these numbers... Ubuntu should send an intern to Synaptics :)

[Nicolas Delvaux (malizor)]

@pierre and Carsten: this patch is from pauls (see Bug 582809), I just gave an easy way to install it.
I personally don't know why it doesn't work in some case.

@pauls: I subscribed you to this bug report, I hope it's ok. ;-)

[tob (tobynbertram)]

I wrote the original patch in Bug 582809. pauls applied the patch and posted a way of compiling it using kdms.

@Carsten
Are you sure that the new kernel module was successfully installed? Your dmesg looks like it should work fine for you.

[uiberto (mlandis)]

This patch fixed my problem. Thanks.

[jedioetzi (jedioetzi)]

the patch works on my hp8510p
thanks!

[Carsten Schlipf (carsten-schlipf)]

Correction - works for me.

When I tried it late this early morning I did not notice any errors in the outputs. But the possitive comments made me wonder, why it did not work for me. When I removed the dkms module I noticed that the module was reported as INACTIVE BEFORE. So obviously it was never in use - no idea why.

PEBKAC?

Anyway - after I followed the same steps from Nicolas' instructions it works on my EliteBook 8530w. Thanks a lot and sorry for the confusion.

[Troy A. Griffitts (scribe)]

M6500, patch fixes for me. Can we get this into the update repo?

[tatarmihai (tatarmihai)]

8710w, patch works for me too (I used Nicolas Delvaux's method of applying). Thanks a lot to him and to tob and pauls!

[Martin (agima)]

The fix works for me, too. Thank you very much!

[Gergely Antal (skoal)]

the patch works for me too... Thank you all.

[Adrian Nuta (adriannuta)]

Patch works on 8530p , confirmed here too .

[Roy van Hees (wgmvanhees)]

@Nicolas Delvaux: the patch works for me - HP Elitebooks 8530w. Thank you very much :)

[Titantux (israel-m-dj)]

It works for me too !!
Just for let you noticed. if you use together button 1 & 3, it is simulating button 2 for me,
anyway it is old way for me, I like to have them separated. - Compaq nw8440
Thanks!! :D

[machrider (machrider)]

Thanks, the patch works on my Dell Precision M6400. Was having the same behavior as the above M6500 users. This bug needs to be fixed upstream ASAP, it's a pretty terrible regression.

[Spacer (ua-spacer)]

@Nicolas Delvaux: patch works on HP Compaq 8510w
Thanks!

[HORVATH, Akos (akos-horvath)]

@Nicolas Thanks very much! Patch works for HP EliteBook 8530p.

[Tony Notto (lnotto)]

@Nicolas, another thanks! Patch works on my HP NC8230

[andreselsuave (andreselsuave)]

I dont know how to apply the patch that tob sent. Can anyone help me please?

[tob (tobynbertram)]

@andreselsuave
The easiest way to apply the patch is using dkms. Here is a post that details the process:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/582809/comments/94

[Slackjaw77 (alienresidents)]

@Nicolas Delvaux
Your step #11 worked on my Compaq 8710p

[ 9.924669] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps: 0xa44791/0x300000/0x0
[ 9.924672] Synaptics: Clickpad mode enabled
[ 9.924675] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
[ 9.964076] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7
[92605.662345] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x25a0b1, caps: 0xa44791/0x300000/0x0
[92605.662349] serio: Synaptics pass-through port at isa0060/serio4/input0
[92605.702457] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input9

Thanks.

[Frode Tennebø (frode-tennebo)]

Have the same problem with my HP Compaq nc8230.

Before patching and compiling a new kernel, is there any plans for integrating the patch into the mainstream Ubuntu/official kernel anytime soon?

[KELEMEN Péter (peterkelemen)]

Steps in #11 fix the issue for me.

[melhor (peter-anderle)]

I have the same Problem on my hp 8710p. The middle touchpad button is treated as the left-mouse button. I have the newest packages (backports) installed, kernel

$ uname -r
2.6.35-24-generic

is there some patch for this kernel version too?

[Philipp Morger (philipp-morger)]

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[Alex Moldovan (alexmoldovan)]

Here is the xev output of a HP EliteBook 8530w obtained by pressing the following keys:
a; Left Touchpad button; b; Middle Touchpad button; c; Right Touchpad button; and d.

[Halkane (halkane)]

The patch work on HP Compaq 8510w without reboot :

sudo apt-get install dkms
wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/582809/+attachment/1675262/+files/psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic-patched.tar.bz2
tar -xjf psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic-patched.tar.bz2
sudo cp -r psmouse-2.6.35-22-generic /usr/src/
sudo dkms add -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic
sudo dkms build -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic
sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v 2.6.35-22-generic
sudo rmmod psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Dana Goyette, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in a supported release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

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Please let us know your results. Thanks in advance.

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