The problem appears to be in the kernel - your Alps touchpad devices appear to not be tagged with the TOUCHPAD variable. This means that the Xorg Synaptics driver won't load for your touchpad - it is set up to load for all touchpads, and since your touchpad isn't tagged as a touchpad the Synaptics driver isn't loading.
Finding the precise kernel which broke the touchpad tagging would be helpful, since this is apparently a regression. You can find all the kernel versions which have been released to Lucid on the kernel's Launchpad page¹. Finding the last kernel which works, and the first kernel which doesn't will help narrow down what change broke this. 1: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/linux -- Alps touchpad detected as ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse(in VAIO E series) after the kernel upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565543 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
