[Bug 606238] Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

2013-04-19 Thread lee bondam
@Dave response to #351 Sorry, I missed your documentation in the alps-1.3 directory, I had just compiled the psmouse module without any script. After reading, I'll be a while I guess. Complicated indeed. Keep you posted. Thanks. Lee -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 606238] Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

2013-04-18 Thread lee bondam
on third thought >>add code to the driver to dump trackstick changes' i am there now bit slow in pickin up ... laters lee -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606238 Title: synaptic touchpa

[Bug 606238] Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

2013-04-18 Thread lee bondam
On second thought, do I need XP? The touchpad is already recognized an handled by synaptics. So all can be done in alps.c no? Reverse engineer the event readings from 'cat /dev/input/mouseN' On the right track here? Lee -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 606238] Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

2013-04-18 Thread lee bondam
Hi Dave Glad to see you are monitoring. What/where is the best way to communicate about this? The problem at hand: It comes down to reverse engineering then. The mail exchange from Dmitry Torokhov I mentioned was about Latitude XT So some (reverse) engineering has been going on. I have read some p

[Bug 606238] Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

2013-04-14 Thread lee bondam
First of all: thanks for the work guys I am on Dell Latitude XT Alps hardware: touchpad, 4 buttons, 1 stick Touchpad is detected as PS2 mouse, synapticts not loaded. Touchpad works (tapping/moving), but not very sensitive cq. delays, buttons an stick work The insensitivity / delays made me look f