Comment 4 for bug 667707

I have no similar problems on my Dell E4310. Even after wake up the mouse is
recognised correctly as an ALPS Glidepoint.

A way to automatize your workaround is to put a script in
/etc/pm/sleep.d

Look to the man page for details.

Luca

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Olegch <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 359363 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359363
>
> The original bug report is closed as "won't fix", so I am posting a
> comment here too
>
> I have the same issue on a Dell Latitude E6500 running Ubuntu 11.04
> 64bit
>
> The laptop has a touchpad and a stick (I believe it is called so).
>
> The problem is that sometimes (not always) when the notebook wakes up from
> standby, the touchpad is recognized as a generic PS/2 mouse. It still works,
> but there is no touchpad tabs in corresponding settings dialogs, and
> acceleration and scrolling do not work, which makes it almost impossible to
> work comfortable.
> I use a workaround which fixes it for me, but it would be nice to have this
> problem fixed once and for all.
>
> The workaround is to remove and install psmouse driver:
>
> sudo rmmod psmouse
> sudo insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.ko
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667707
>
> Title:
> touchpad identified as PS2 generic mouse
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I am using ubuntu release 10.10 kernel on a Dell Latitude E4310.
>
> This is the output of uname:
> 2.6.35-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 26 17:13:06 UTC 2010 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> I have a;lso tried the latest mainstream kernel
> linux-image-2.6.36-020636rc8 but the situation has not changed.
>
> This bug is similar to bugs #544215 and #380126, yet here the
> synaptic touchpad (if it is a synaptic...) is not recognised at all
> nor at the kernel not at the X level (well, I think that the second
> issue is likely to be a consequence of the first). I have a computer
> with both touchpad and finger pointer (is it called like this? it is
> the little button in the middle of the keyboard). Both works with
> basic functionalities, but without any of the useful fancy stuff you
> expect on a touchpad, moreover also the setting is basic and the mouse
> tends to be overly sensitive.
>
> The only things in /proc/bus/input/devices related to the mouse is
>
> I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000
> N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse"
> P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
> S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
> U: Uniq=
> H: Handlers=mouse0 event6
> B: EV=7
> B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
> B: REL=3
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Luca
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: linux-image-generic 2.6.35.23.25
> Regression: No
> Reproducible: No
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.36-generic 2.6.35.7
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
> Architecture: amd64
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
> Subdevices: 2/2
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: formaggia 1815 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf5460000 irq 47'
> Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI'
> Components : 'HDA:111d7605,10280410,00100104
> HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000'
> Controls : 26
> Simple ctrls : 14
> Date: Thu Oct 28 12:25:50 2010
> Frequency: Once a day.
> HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=641ca4dc-d9d2-49ed-ad57-cceb8eb71cde
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> Lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:5800 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure
> Applications Processor
> 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 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E4310
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic
> root=UUID=cbe3602b-5bda-469e-a3e7-4277f190210d ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=it_IT.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
> RfKill:
> 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> SourcePackage: linux
> dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A04
> dmi.board.name: 04HKYP
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A00
> dmi.chassis.type: 9
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd08/10/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE4310:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn04HKYP:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: Latitude E4310
> dmi.product.version: 0001
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>
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Luca Formaggia