Public bug reported: My Synaptics touchpad is detected as a PS/2 Generic Mouse on Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Inspiron 7720 (17R SE). It only has the functionality of a generic mouse (movement, left clik, right click) and no scrolling or multitouch.
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 I will attach other relevant info to this bugreport in a sec. More info on hw: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201202-10606/components/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39-generic 3.5.7.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Mar 4 10:36:49 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: psmouse, 3.5.0: added ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0578] NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 650M] [10de:0fd1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0578] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-18 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 7720 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A12 dmi.board.name: 04M3YM dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd12/18/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron7720:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04M3YM:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 7720 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.6-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.2-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.2-0ubuntu0.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 quantal running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1144000 Title: Synaptics touchpad recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse on Dell Inspiron 7720 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1144000/+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
