I created bug #42867 which is now marked as a duplicate of this bug. I am glad to see some more movement on this. My laptop (HP Pavilion G6) as a tiny LED above the mouse pad as well. It is between the mouse pad and the keyboard.
Neither work in all versions of Fedora I have tested it on (Fedora 16 & 17). The mouse pad works as expected, you just can't turn it on or off via the hot spot button at the top left corner of the mouse pad. The version of the synaptics driver I currently have installed is: xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.6.2-2.fc17.x86_64 Also, below is the hardware information I posted in the original bug I created in case it helps. Hardware info: My laptop is an HP Pavilion G6 (G6-1B50US). AMD Phenom(tm) II P650 Dual-Core Processor 4GB Ram [ DMIDECODE INFO ] Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Product Name: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC Version: 0593110000204610000620100 Serial Number: 5CG1221MYF UUID: 579C58E8-B265-06E7-3163-8DDE56E7D88D Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: QF761UA#ABA Family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV Handle 0x000C, DMI type 21, 7 bytes Built-in Pointing Device Type: Touch Pad Interface: PS/2 Buttons: 4 -- 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/795920 Title: Can't disable touchpad Status in xf86-input-synaptics: Won't Fix Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics My laptop doesn't have an extra button for disabling/enabling the touchpad. On the top left corner of the touchpad there is an small area (marked with a white dot) where you have to tap 2 times to disable/enable it. If disabled it shows a orange light. This doesn't work under ubuntu, also not under oneiric with all updates installed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None DRM.card0.LVDS.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1366x768 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo1E2AAAAAAASAQOAIhN4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhtWclAADDAwICUAWMIQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAB60AnQAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxNTZBVDA1LUgwMQogABU= DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: edid-base64: DRM.card1.HDMI.A.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: edid-base64: DRM.card1.LVDS.2: status: connected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480 edid-base64: DRM.card1.VGA.2: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: edid-base64: Date: Sat Jun 11 14:52:23 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-06-04 16:54:22.107183 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.39-3-generic, i686: installed bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:163c] ATI Technologies Inc Madison [AMD Radeon HD 5000M Series] [1002:68c1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:163c] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39-3-generic root=UUID=AA18AE5218AE1CF7 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro single Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-04 (6 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/21/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.23 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 163C dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 65.35 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.23:bd10/21/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr0580120015243D10010020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn163C:rvr65.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0580120015243D10010020100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu3 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.25-2ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/795920/+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
