** Summary changed:
- [Jaunty] synaptics driver needs to be updated to work with devices known as
"ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" starting with 2.6.28 series kernels
+ [Jaunty] synaptics driver needs to be updated to work with devices known as
"ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" and "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" starting with
2.6.28 series kernels
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Some of the touchpads previously known as "Synaptics Touchpad" by kernel
are now known as "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" and are not picked up with
synaptics driver in X. The result is missing functionality, like tapping
- and scrolling.
+ and scrolling. "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" also needs to be included,
+ the same symptoms occur with this device if it is not included in the
+ fdi file.
- All it needs is a little secction in the synaptics fdi like this:
+ All it needs is a little secction in the synaptics fdi like this for
+ Elantech:
<match key="info.product" contains="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
</match>
+ For the original Synaptics touchpad:
+
+ <match key="info.product" contains="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad">
+ <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
+ </match>
+
+
And all is well again.
EDIT: Newer driver is needed also. The bug is that current driver does
- not recognize the elantechs as synaptics touchpads.
+ not recognize the elantechs as synaptics touchpads. Same thing for
+ original Synaptics touchpads.
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[Jaunty] synaptics driver needs to be updated to work with devices known as
"ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" and "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" starting with
2.6.28 series kernels
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315882
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