Comment 41 for bug 380126

Did you try the solution that jicapone posted?

That worked for me!

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Hajime Mizuno <email address hidden>wrote:

> As for Dell Vostro V13, the synaptics driver doesn't load.
> The edge scroll cannot be used though the tap click is effective.
> In gnome-mouse-properties, there is no TapButtons tab.
>
> $ sudo tpconfig -i
> Found Synaptics Touchpad.
> Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode).
> Sensor type: unknown (0).
> Geometry: rectangular/landscape/up.
> Packets: absolute, 80 packets per second.
> Corner taps disabled; no tap gestures.
> Edge motion: none.
> Z threshold: 6 of 7.
> 2 button mode; corner tap is right button click.
>
> $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (...snip...)
> (II) config/hal: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: always reports core events
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event10"
> (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
> (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
> (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Configuring as mouse
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10,
> EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Generic Mouse" (type:
> MOUSE)
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
> (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
> (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
> (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/event4"
> (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) Macintosh mouse button emulation: initialized for relative axes.
> (...snip...)
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37283456/dmesg.txt
>
> --
> [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