I tried the newly posted alps-reg-dump above and got an endless string of output to the terminal. I had to ctrl-c to end it. Note I also totally lost support for the trackpad. end of out and xpinut --list below xpint is taken after running apls-reg-dump obvoisly, note how the trackpad is gone.
06cf 00 06d0 00 06d1 00 06d2 00 06d3 00 06d4 00 06d5 00 06d6 00 06d7 00 06d8 00 06d9 00 06da 00 06db 00 06dc 00 06dd 00 06de 00 06df 00 06e0 00 06e1 00 06e2 00 06e3 00 ^Cbsleys-Satellite-R845:~/Downloads $ xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [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)] ↳ CNF9055 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Toshiba input device id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] bsleys-Satellite-R845:~/Downloads $ -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/550625/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs