Give Dave Turvene's latest 1.3 hack a go http://www.dahetral.com/public-download/psmouse- alps-1.3-alt.tbz/at_download/file
I now have two finger scrolling in Ubuntu 13.04 using it. Instructions for installation on Ubuntu 13.04 Download psmouse-alps-1.3-alt.tbz from the link above copy the psmouse-alps-1.3 folder to your /usr/src directory. To do this with a GUI try running sudo nautilus Once the folder has been moved to /usr/src cd / cd /usr/src (as root) dkms add psmouse-alps-1.3 (as root) dkms autoinstall (as root) rmmod psmouse (as root) modprobe psmouse Go to System Settings Go to Mouse and Touchpad Click Mouse and Touchpad tab and tick the selection box next to Two Finger Scroll Thank you Dave Turvene for all your hard work when Dell and Alps turned their back on this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1152343 Title: ALPS Touchpad' incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse in 'Inspiron R17 Special Edition (7720)' after upgrading to Ubuntu 64-bit 13.04 Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upgraded Dell Inspiron R17 Special Edition (7720) from 64-bit 12.10 to 13.04 using sudo update-manager -d Upgrade successful but the Alps touchpad is only detected as a mouse with no scrolling support available within Mouse and Touchpad. Alps touchpad was not working in 12.10 but using Dave Turvene's hack: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606238 I was able to enable scrolling support on the touchpad. Firmware has been updated to latest release using Dell utility whilst running Windows 8. 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) Release: 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/1152343/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
