** Changed in: somerville
Status: New => Invalid
** No longer affects: dell
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Title:
Dell Inspiron 1420 AlpsPS/2 ALPS Glidepoint - Poor Default Settings
Status in The Somerville Project:
Invalid
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
This report is specific to Intrepid Beta amd64 desktop.
Personal history of touchpad usage in Ubuntu (or any other
distribution):
The default settings of the touchpad have never been satisfactory.
The biggest problem has been random cursor movement while typing.
Additionally the tap, speed, and other settings were never
satisfactory "out of the box."
To solve this, I have resorted to using two methods. One, to create a
custom entry in xorg.conf for reasonable settings, when an external
mouse is not available. This is not preferable, because there is
still unwanted cursor movement. Two, to use an external mouse with
custom udev rule to turn touchpad off when the external mouse is
attached.
Intrepid and forward:
The default methodology (probably beginning with Hardy) has been to
let X detect and configure the touchpad.
Currently, this touchpad does not trigger the Touchpad tab in Gnome
Mouse Properties (see Bug #267611). Although once that bug is fixed,
some configuration options may be available to the user, it is desired
that the touchpad be configured better for the Dell Inspiron 1420
automatically.
In this spirit, the following attachment as described in
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection are included in
this report.
Any further questions will be promptly answered.
Thanks,
Harvey
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f3]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS
[10de:0427] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f3]
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