Hi Guys, I'm not an Ubuntu user. But my wife's laptop (Gateway NV59) has a newer Synaptics/Alps touch pad that isn't recognized by alps.c, just shows up as a regular ps2 mouse. I applied the patch from dell against kernel 2.6.35.2. After which the touch pad was not functional, but /proc/bus/input/devices did list it as a Synaptics/Alps touch pad. This was with psmouse built into the kernel. Tried the patch from comment 154 with kernel 2.6.35.4 and built it as a module this time. Now the touch pad on the NV59 is functional and is listed in /proc/bus/input/devices but seems about the same as without the patch. I also tried this same kernel on a Dell 1545, which is well supported by the normal module and Xorg synaptic driver. The touch pad shows up in /proc/bus/input/devices but the Xorg synaptics driver can't work with it. Might want to do some more testing before dropping this in a release kernel.
Oh well, at least Dell is doing something. Thanks for everyone's efforts. -- Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550625 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
