[Bug 1622167] Re: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622167 Title: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1622167/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1622167] Re: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work
I've now tried the 4.8 kernel as suggested. It booted into busybox at initramfs, so I was unable to determine anything useful about it. I also tried the latest 4.9 kernel. That booted, but produced continuous beeps from the loudspeaker and neither the keyboard nor the point worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622167 Title: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1622167/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1622167] Re: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work
In the standard 3.13 kernels for 14.04 the touchpad wasn't supported at all. Therefore it worked, but it was impossible to turn off its most irritating feature which was tap to click. Most implementations at least give the option to disable this when typing, but the default generic implementation didn't even have that, rendering the touchpad worse than useless as it was impossible to avoid touching it whilst typing, resulting for example in the point of input in emails and editors getting randomly moved to wherever the pointer happened to be. I found some info claiming that this was fixed in 3.19 where there was a real ALPS touchpad driver. However, the effect of the fix was simply to disable the touchpad completely, at least for my laptop. I discovered that it was still possible to enable tap to click should I happen to want that, so clearly the driver was doing something. However, it did not contain any support for moving the pointer that I could find. Then the 3.19 kernel (vivid) got replaced during an upgrade to the xenial series 4 kernel as below. Unfortunately this didn't work any better, which is why I raised the bug against 4.4. I'll give the 4.8 kernel a go, but it will be a few days before the require round tuits arrive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622167 Title: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1622167/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1622167] Re: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work
Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.8 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'. Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed". Thanks in advance. [0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.8-rc6 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1622167 Title: ALPS touchpad driver doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1622167/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
