I no longer have the laptop -- sent it back -- bought an m5010
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From: Phil-ganchev <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Thu, 20 January, 2011 18:14:54
Subject: [Bug 638025] Re: Cannot disable 'tap to touch' on touchpad Dell
Inspiron 1545
It might be the same bug, but only if your computer does not recognize
your touchpad, in which case it's not a bug in xserver-xorg-input-
synaptics but either in the Linux kernel or in udev. To check how it's
recognized, could you run these commands and post the output:
Title:
Cannot disable 'tap to touch' on touchpad Dell Inspiron 1545
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Description of bug/status/progression in forum post below ("IMPORTANT:
No control over touchpad on Dell inspiron 15R makes Ubuntu
unuseable").
I no longer have the laptop -- sent it back -- bought an m5010
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From: Phil-ganchev <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Thu, 20 January, 2011 18:14:54
Subject: [Bug 638025] Re: Cannot disable 'tap to touch' on touchpad Dell
Inspiron 1545
It might be the same bug, but only if your computer does not recognize
your touchpad, in which case it's not a bug in xserver-xorg-input-
synaptics but either in the Linux kernel or in udev. To check how it's
recognized, could you run these commands and post the output:
sudo tpconfig -i
cat /proc/bus/ input/devices
xinput --list
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Title:
Cannot disable 'tap to touch' on touchpad Dell Inspiron 1545
Status in “xserver- xorg-input- synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description: progression in forum post below ("IMPORTANT:
Description of bug/status/
No control over touchpad on Dell inspiron 15R makes Ubuntu
unuseable").
http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=1573916
This bug renders Ubuntu UNUSEABLE with the Dell Inspiron 15R (standard laptop edia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) xorg-input- synaptics 1.2.2-1ubuntu4 ecture: i386 /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.32- 24-generic 115a58c0- c0d6-41f9- 947b-8c2cd752d2 a1 ro quiet splash gnature: Ubuntu 2.6.32- 24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 vendor: Dell Inc. :bvrA14: bd12/07/ 2009:svnDellInc .:pnInspiron154 5:pvr:rvnDellIn c.:rn02VCKH: rvr:cvnDellInc. :ct8:cvr:
from Dell) and also laptops which don't use the 'synaptic' touchpad driver (see
forum post).
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationM
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1545
Package: xserver-
PackageArchit
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
root=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSi
Tags: lucid lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 02VCKH
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic
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