[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-14 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
So I made systemd-udevd in comment #59 has the ability to use byd psmouse protocol via hwdb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-13 Thread Chris Diamand
Hi! Automatic detection of BYD touchpads was sadly disabled at the end of last year. They can be still be used by forcing the protocol manually as described by Kai-Heng Feng above. The reason for disabling detection was that the detection code generated false positives with normal PS/2 mice

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-13 Thread Martin Wimpress
What detection was disabled and what was the good reason? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-12 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
Please try systemd here: http://people.canonical.com/~khfeng/lp1424293/ It's built for Xenial. If it does not work, please attach `udevadm info -e`. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-12 Thread Michel-Ekimia
Actually the factory is TopStar China and the model is U731. As detection was disabled for good reason, the bast would be to have some config files to force detection only on machines where the user know that he needs this driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
I am working on one, which will need to use DMI string to match the right machine. But the dmi string here is not branded. Can you ask the vendor to provide a new BIOS with distinguishable vendor/product name? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Daveh
Manufacturer is Pcspecialist and product is Lafite laptop (2015) Thanks for you help, can you advise how to apply this permanently please? On 11/05/2017 15:00, Kai-Heng Feng wrote: > Hi guys, > Can you share your machine's vendor name and product name? > -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
Hi guys, Can you share your machine's vendor name and product name? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Martin Wimpress
I've tested 17.04 and 17.10 and can confirmed that the BYD trackpad is not detected at all anymore. I've had some success using the DKMS version of the driver: * https://github.com/jayk/psmouse-bydfull-dkms -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
Please replace "drvctl" with "protocol" in last comment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-11 Thread Kai-Heng Feng
$ sudo sh -c 'echo -n "byd" > /sys/bus/serio/devices/serio1/drvctl' Does it work? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2017-05-09 Thread Michel-Ekimia
Sadly it seems the touchpad BYD will even not be detected anymore in next 4.8 kernel ? #1687256 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-12-25 Thread Michel-Ekimia
Just tested 4.8 on Ubuntu 16.04.2 Multitouch option is greyed out in setting and not working dmesg seems to show that it is detected normally ( not the kind of errors like martin ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-05-14 Thread Martin Wimpress
@penalvch - I'm running this kernel, which I believe has your BYD patch included. * http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc7-yakkety/ dmesg tells me the following: [2.379157] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 238.400656] psmouse serio1: byd: Unrecognized Z:

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-04-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Not Fix Committed as defined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Triaged ** Tags added: cherry-pick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-04-16 Thread Ekimia
Ok I thought "fixed commited" was meant for Ubuntu archive but you are right , this is for upstream . Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-04-16 Thread Chris Diamand
Yep - I changed the bug status to "Fix committed" which I think makes the most sense - it's committed upstream but as you say won't be fixed properly in Ubuntu until they update to a newer kernel version (or backport it). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-04-16 Thread Ekimia
Chris , this a great thanks for everybody's work, but I guess we can say "Fixed" when it will land on Ubuntu 16.10 I guess ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2016-04-16 Thread Chris Diamand
A driver for this has been added upstream - see Linux kernel commits 98ee377144935857d8ad5d7d70cdab1da4ede32e and 98ee377144935857d8ad5d7d70cdab1da4ede32e. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-21 Thread Martin Wimpress
A kernel for 15.10, including this patch, is available for testing here: * https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/kernel-stuff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-20 Thread Martin Wimpress
Ugh, the comment above should say: * git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-wily.git -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-20 Thread Martin Wimpress
I've submitted a pull request to Raedwulf's 'byd' branch. * https://github.com/raedwulf/linux/pull/1 I've successfully built the ubuntu-wily kernel with this driver added and can confirm that multi touch and gestures are working. I've also attached a diff for the ubuntu-wily kernel source.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-20 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
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[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-20 Thread Ekimia
Thanks Martin, Could you deliver this as DKMS package so we could use it on any distro/kernel ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-19 Thread Martin Wimpress
In byd.h I think `#ifdef CONFIG_MOUSE_BYD` should be `#ifdef CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_BYD`. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-19 Thread Martin Wimpress
Raedwulf, I have a laptop with the BYD Trackpad and wanted to test your patch. I applied your changes to the ubuntu-wily kernel source but encountered the following error while rebuilding: CC [M] drivers/input/mouse/byd.o /home/martin/Kernel/ubuntu-wily/drivers/input/mouse/byd.c:159:5: error:

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-09-05 Thread Ekimia
Thanks Raedwulf (tcmreastwood-gmail) , will try your driver today. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-08-10 Thread Raedwulf
I hadn't noticed that Chris Diamand had written a driver too - comparing it with my implementation! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-08-10 Thread Raedwulf
My implementation: https://github.com/raedwulf/linux/tree/byd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-08-10 Thread Raedwulf
I've just finished writing a driver for my BYD touchpad over the weekend. I'll need people to test it :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-07-27 Thread Martin Wimpress
Yes BYD have been contacted. No reply :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-07-18 Thread Ekimia
here is the pdf from BYD that might help ** Attachment added: byd touchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1424293/+attachment/4430856/+files/BTP8644-XXX.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-06-30 Thread Ekimia
Impossible to find a contact for BYD other than by a chinese phone number I'm sure thay have the full needed code to include this touchpad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-27 Thread Ekimia
Thanks all for working on this touchpad that affect me a lot. BYD said that their touch pad is compatible with linux, did anybody got in touch with them ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-26 Thread VJ Patel
Here is a URL to the email thread on the mailing list. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg38810.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-25 Thread VJ Patel
Hi Christopher (penalvch), I think I have done all of that correctly. Thank you for your help so far! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293 Title: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
VJ Patel, if you have done all of that correctly, then you would have posted here a URL to your upstream e-mail to the linux-input mailing list. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-25 Thread VJ Patel
Hi Christopher, Sorry I think I'm waiting for the email to show up into the archive. I sent a plain text email in the format described you provided the link for to linux-in...@vger.kernel.org and subscribed to the mailing list. Is that correct? -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
VJ Patel, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page (the release names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-24 Thread VJ Patel
Hi Christopher (penalvch), I have installed this mainline kernel http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/v4.1-rc4-unstable/ I was able to boot into the OS, check I was using the latest kernel (output of uname -a: Linux Ubuntudore 4.1.0-040100rc4-generic #201505181436 SMP Mon May 18

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
VJ Patel, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem to the appropriate mailing list (linux-input) by following the instructions verbatim at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel ? Please provide a direct URL to your e-mail to the mailing list once

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-23 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
VJ Patel, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 1417450 ** Package changed: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) = linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in:

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-23 Thread VJ Patel
Hi Christopher (penalvch), I ran apport-collect 1417450 but it kept saying that I wasn't the owner so it could not collect. I'm assuming the number is the ID of the bug, so i have ran apport-collect 1424293 (the ID of this bug) Is that all okay? Let me know if there's anything else I can do to

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-05-23 Thread VJ Patel
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected vivid ** Description changed: Hi, The exact device is this: http://bydit.com/doce/products/microelectronics/2474.html Let me know if there is any further information you need that could help. Expected to be able to use as touchpad

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-03-13 Thread Chris Diamand
Ok, so I've managed to write a kernel driver, as an extension to psmouse, which recognises the touchpad and puts it into gesture-enabled mode. Currently it recognises and uses vertical and horizontal two finger scrolling, and also knows about the other gestures (but I haven't got around to

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-03-13 Thread Chris Diamand
*previous comment continued. Gesture recognition is done by the touchpad and not the driver, and it's not very good. I.e., it reports the gesture, not the finger positions, so we can't configure things like scroll threshold. The way to improve this would be to somehow put it in 'absolute' mode,

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-02-26 Thread Chris Diamand
Using the technique here: http://blog.forshee.me/2011/11/touchpad- protocol-reverse-engineering.html (with Qemu - I couldn't get it to work under VBox), I have obtained a trace of the interaction between Windows driver and touchpad on Windows 7 with all features working (two finger scrolling,

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-02-26 Thread Chris Diamand
** Attachment added: A trace of the sent and received bytes between BYD touchpad and windows driver running in Qemu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1424293/+attachment/4328779/+files/example_trace_w7_qemu.txt -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-02-26 Thread Chris Diamand
** Attachment added: Qemu 2.2.0's hw/input/ps2.c, modified to dump data from/to the touchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1424293/+attachment/4328778/+files/ps2.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-02-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424293

[Bug 1424293] Re: BYD trackpad detected as PS/2 mouse

2015-02-21 Thread VJ Patel
** Description changed: Hi, The exact device is this: http://bydit.com/doce/products/microelectronics/2474.html Let me know if there is any further information you need that could help. + + Expected to be able to use as touchpad with two finger + vertical/horizontal scrolling. Currently