Touchpad doesn't work on sony vaio F-series VPCF13M1E

[Ian Corne]

It doesn't work at all, Tried ubuntu 10.04 (2.6.32 kernel) 10.10 (2.6.35 kernel) and now on 11.04 (2.6.36 kernel)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.36-1-generic-pae 2.6.36-1.7
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.36-1.7-generic-pae 2.6.36
Uname: Linux 2.6.36-1-generic-pae i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC275 Analog [ALC275 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: icorne 1659 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xea200000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC275'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0275,104d4f00,00100005'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xe3080000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de0014,104d4f00,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
Date: Tue Oct 26 14:30:14 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=a0e5f56b-519b-4e9e-92d6-1f1ce204a620
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF13M1E
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-1-generic-pae root=UUID=74678811-92f5-476c-8d28-4423b2c6e28e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.39
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 09/03/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0180Y9
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0180Y9:bd09/03/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF13M1E:pvrC606K8M1:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCF13M1E
dmi.product.version: C606K8M1
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

Not working also on Sony Vaio F13Z.

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:007d Microsoft Corp. Notebook Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0489:e00f Foxconn / Hon Hai
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:2100 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

Maybe same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/641324

$ xinput -list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye™ id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sony Vaio Keys id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ UVC Camera (064e:2100) id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]

[Jorge Gustavo (jgr)]

Touchpad is now working.

After trying so many different things, I can not say exactly what is necessary to get it working.
In fact, only on the next day, after a cold boot, I notived that the touchpad was working. Uau!

At least, it is necessary to add this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "enable synaptics SHMConfig"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

If someone can solve the problem by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, please confirm and update the bug status.

Updated xinput -list is:

$ xinput -list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye™ id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sony Vaio Keys id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ UVC Camera (064e:2100) id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]