I am also affected by this bug. I have no touchpad tab in the mouse preferences settings. The cursor sometimes jumps erratically. I am now using the python script in #41 of
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606238 So far, so good. Hardware: DELL Latitude 6510, Intel GPU, full HD panel. Linux: Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit. Kernel: 2.6.38-8. More info: cribari@darwin:~$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Mouseemu virtual mouse id=15 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_3M id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Mouseemu virtual keyboard id=16 [slave keyboard (3)] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550625 Title: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs