On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 09:57:27AM +0200, Xianwen Chen wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm runnig Arch Linux X64 on a Dell Latitude E5410. The version of X > Server is 1.10.1. > > The laptop's touchpad is not recognized as "xinput list" only shows following: > > ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] > ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer > (2)] > ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=12 [slave pointer > (2)]
^^^^ if you see this line, it usually means the kernel doesn't support your specific touchpad. That's the part that needs fixing. Once supported, it's likely to just work. Cheers, Peter > ⎣ 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_2M id=10 [slave keyboard > (3)] > ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard > (3)] > ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard > (3)] > > xf86-input-synaptics (1.4.0-2) and xf86-input-evdev (2.6.0-3) are > installed. The system runs on a 2.6.38.2 kernel. > > Does someone have an idea on how to fix the problem? ;) > > Xianwen > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: peter.hutte...@who-t.net > _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com