Comment 39 for bug 380126

Thanks!!!
That worked for me too.

I just only commented the following line in
/etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe:

*options psmouse proto=exps*

I hope this work for other users with the same problem.
//J

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:58 PM, jicapone <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was having the issue described above. I just removed the option from
> /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe and the synaptics driver is now being
> used. See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14
> /slackware-current-synaptics-touchpad-problem-732856/<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14%0A/slackware-current-synaptics-touchpad-problem-732856/>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> [Karmic] Touchpad not recognised correctly, synaptics driver not in use
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380126
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>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
>
> I have performed a fresh install of Karmic Alpha 1 i386 on my laptop, a
> Dell Inspiron 510m. The touchpad is not correctly identified - the generic
> mouse driver is being used, so certain features (such as tap-to-click) are
> not available.
>
> The touchpad was correctly detected in previous versions of Ubuntu (Jaunty,
> Intrepid and Hardy) by default.
>
> Debug logs included, and relevant output is pasted below.
>
> conn@inspiron:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i mouse
> (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device Macintosh mouse button emulation
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: always reports core events
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
> (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found 3 mouse buttons
> (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Found x and y relative axes
> (II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Configuring as mouse
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: EmulateWheelButton: 4,
> EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Macintosh mouse button
> emulation" (type: MOUSE)
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme
> 1
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter chain progression:
> 2.00
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
> (**) Macintosh mouse button emulation: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: always reports core events
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
> (II) PS/2 Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
> (II) PS/2 Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
> (II) PS/2 Mouse: Configuring as mouse
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,
> EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
> (**) PS/2 Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon May 25 03:26:31 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.1~git20090510-1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-6.7-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu20
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4.1-1ubuntu1
> libdrm2 2.4.9-2ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.1-1ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.2-1ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Uname: Linux 2.6.30-6-generic i686
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.30-6-generic
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Jonatan Castro