I've tried it on Dell N5110 with the Alps touchpad and upon running rmmod modprobe Ubuntu froze and I had to reboot. Once it rebooted, there was a cursor, but I couldn't move it. I plugged in a USB mouse and tried to adjust settings under the Pointing/Mouse window, but I couldn't see any entry for the touchpad. I then tried it again, first removing the module with dpkg -r, rebooting and then installing it again - in all further instances the system crashed. I wasn't able to get to dmesg as of each reboot it would not contain any information about 'psmouse' or 'alps'. Happy to run more tests if needed. Thank you for your work.
On 1 September 2011 23:30, Seth Forshee <seth.fors...@canonical.com> wrote: > I've been working on changes aimed at providing proper support for these > touchpads. I've posted a dkms package with my changes for testing, and > I'd appreciate it if you all could test and provide your feedback. The > package is available at: > > http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/alps-touchpad/psmouse-alps-0.1 > /psmouse-alps-dkms_0.1_all.deb > > After installing, you will need to either reboot or run 'sudo rmmod > psmouse; sudo modprobe psmouse' from a terminal to have the changes take > effect. If your hardware is supported by the patch, you should see > output similar to the following in dmesg. > > [ 1298.568960] input: DualPoint Stick as > /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input18 > [ 1298.583662] input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad as > /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input19 > > After testing, please provide feedback regarding the model of your > computer and whether or not the driver worked. If it doesn't work, > please include the output of dmesg when using the dkms module. You can > uninstall the dkms package by running 'sudo dpkg -r psmouse-alps-dkms' > in a terminal. > > A few notes about the package: > > 1. The changes include removing the IMPS/2 support from the driver, so > if it does not work for your machine your touchpad will revert back to > behaving as a plain old PS/2 mouse with the package installed. > > 2. The driver is known not to support all Alps touchpads. For instance, > I have an Acer Aspire One 532h that it doesn't currently support, but > I'll be working to add additional support as much as is possible. > > 3. The driver does support two-finger scrolling, but with the hardware I > have at least it doesn't work great. Occasionally the touchpad reports > data that looks like a two-finger tap in the middle of a scroll, which > generates a right-click behavior. Edge scrolling seems to work better. > I'm interested to hear how well two-finger scrolling works on other > hardware. > > Thanks for testing! > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550625 > > Title: > Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not > work > > Status in The Linux Kernel: > Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in “linux” source package in Lucid: > Triaged > Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Lucid: > Confirmed > Status in “linux” source package in Maverick: > Triaged > Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Maverick: > Confirmed > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: > New > Status in “linux” package in Fedora: > New > > Bug description: > SRU Justification: > > Impact: The end result of the commit is loss of scroll support, with no > extra functionality gained. > > How addressed: By reverting the commit, the previously enabled scroll > support is reestablished through the ImPS/2 extension. > > Reproduction: Run current Ubuntu kernel on affected hardware. Scroll > functionality present in previous Ubuntu releases is now missing. > > Regression Potential: Since this is a revert of a one-line device id, > the regression potential is minimal. The device should fall back to > ImPS/2 protocol without issue. > > ===== > > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics > > I have Ubuntu 9.10 and an Alps touchpad (E7: 73 02 64). Chase fixed > the kernel so that it was recognized and, indeed, the touchpad shows > up in both gsynaptics and system>preferences>mouse, but when I > actually try to adjust the settings nothing changes. My goal is to > disable the tap-to-click feature or disable the touchpad when typing. > Chase suggests it may be something related to the driver and to open > another bug. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Mar 28 22:02:25 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC > Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu7 > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic > root=UUID=f1e2e19e-a0f8-407d-9533-c5ba95a8be50 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.58~alps4-generic > RelatedPackageVersions: > xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 > libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 > libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 > xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1 > xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 > SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686 > XorgConf: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Macintosh mouse button emulation" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "SHMConfig" "true" > EndSection > dmi.bios.date: 12/04/2009 > dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. > dmi.bios.version: F.22 > dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag > dmi.board.name: 3656 > dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > dmi.board.version: 44.1D > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > dmi.chassis.version: N/A > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrF.22:bd12/04/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondm3NotebookPC:pvr0486110000241F00110320000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3656:rvr44.1D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: > dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC > dmi.product.version: 0486110000241F00110320000 > dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard > fglrx: Not loaded > system: > distro: Ubuntu > architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-21-generic > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/550625/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
