touchpad button problem on Dell Latitude D600

[Doug Whiting]

On my Dell Latitude D600, both sets of touchpad buttons work only intermittently on 10.04 beta. It's about 50%. Sometimes they work, sometimes they are ignored, sometimes I have to click twice, and sometimes they seem to be "stuck" in the down position. The buttons work fine in Windows when I dual boot. This worked fine a while ago when I had 9.04 installed.

I haven't connected an external mouse to see if it has any problems, as I always use the touchstick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-20.30-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 13 20:17:07 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2

[jazz (jazzypants18)]

I'm having the same issue. Connecting a mouse via USB works fine. This has been the issue since upgrading to Karmic Koala, but the issue still appears in Lucid Lynx.

[GregD (large-fish)]

I also have the same issue with Ubuntu 10.04 (gnome) on a Dell D600.
The left touch-pad button seems to become stuck in a down position and it only responds after moving the cursor or pressing again (sometimes a few times). This is true for both the upper and lower mouse buttons (above and below the touch-pad). I have't noticed this issue with other older Linux distributions including Ubuntu 8.10 (which is still installed on this PC). My external USB mouse is also working OK.

[michaellewis (k0mll)]

I have the exact problem on my laptop, Dell D600. It is maddening to loose the select button, it can be disabled for a few minutes or more. An external USB mouse works fine, but is not desired to carry yet more junk with me.

[Sam Sam (semsomi)]

same here

[Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)]

Marking as duplicate of bug #444674.