Public bug reported:
Sometimes when I boot my laptop up scrolling area on a TouchPad doesn't work
and Touchpad configuration pages are not present in Preferences->Mouse menu. In
such cases I just reboot my laptop, and then everything works fine.
But in most times it boot's up having all TouchPad functionality Ok.
System version: Hardy 8.04.1
Laptop: Toshiba Tecra M7 (it's a Tablet PC)
Kernel: 2.6.24-22-generic #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 18:32:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I've figured out that it happens (no scrolling) because of Synaptics
TouchPad not being detected in such cases.
Here goes what I can find (related to mouse) at /proc/bus/input/device in cases
of scrolling failure:
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I: Bus=0017 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="Macintosh mouse button emulation"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=0000
N: Name="PS/2 Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input11
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event7
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7321
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input12
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse2 event8
B: EV=f
B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
B: ABS=1000003
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This is what I've got with dmesg | grep input:
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[ 19.625479] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as
/devices/virtual/input/input0
[ 19.674669] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
[ 34.844012] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2
[ 35.206134] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[ 35.261917] input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input4
[ 35.297881] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input5
[ 35.805415] input: Video Bus as
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:1a/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input6
[ 36.396047] input: PS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input7
[ 53.805244] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as
/devices/virtual/input/input8
[ 107.936949] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as
/devices/virtual/input/input9
[ 342.509977] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as
/devices/virtual/input/input10
[ 345.666266] input: PS/2 Mouse as /devices/virtual/input/input11
[ 345.724537] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as
/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input12
[ 360.573360] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as
/devices/virtual/input/input13
[ 818.624756] input: Virtual ThinkFinger Keyboard as
/devices/virtual/input/input14
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ThinkFinger is a fingerprint scanning device built into my Tablet.
What is a GlidePoint I don't know, but I suppose that it may be a sort of a
mini joystick built into the lid that is used to operate this laptop in Tablet
mode.
sudo lshw shows this:
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description: Notebook
product: TECRA M7
vendor: TOSHIBA
version: PTM71E-0JE0203T
serial: Y6703861G
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook
frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled
power-on_password=enabled uuid=C4E51A00-01E3-19D1-8071-C50A96703861
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Portable PC
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
version: Version A0
serial: $$C06Y435J
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
version: Version 1.70 (10/17/2006)
size: 128KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing vesa cdboot
bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard
int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot
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I've tried to rmmod and modprobe psmouse just to be sure that it does
not solve the problem. So, it really does not :) , 'cause the device is
not even detected properly.
Thanks everyone in advance and anyway. :)
P.S. Haven't tested that on Intrepid, 'cause I use LTS version and the
bug is not persistently showing up. So I can not just boot once into
Intrepid and check if the bug is still there.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Synaptics Touchpad is not detected sometimes at a system boot (Hardy on Toshiba
Tecra M7)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309861
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