I'm using the psmouse driver on a Dell Inspiron 17R SE and it makes the touchpad work as an actual touchpad and not just a mouse. However, I'm experiencing a significant amount of backlash. By this, I mean that when reversing the direction of movement the cursor will remain still for some time before it actually moves again. The behavior is very similar to the mechanical concept of backlash, which is nicely explained in this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash_%28engineering%29
Could this be a flaw in the driver or in some other part of the software system? Is it just a property of my hardware? I have noticed the exact same behavior on a Fujitsu Lifebook with an ALPS touchpad that also works with this driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/606238 Title: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “linux” package in Arch Linux: Fix Released Status in openSUSE: New Bug description: It wrongly recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse. And then scrolling does not work, but tapping does. ProblemType: Bug AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: karol 2618 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe9660000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5' Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,1028040b,00100104' Controls : 26 Simple ctrls : 16 Date: Fri Jul 16 13:36:04 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=cdf10c13-029f-401b-afed-f651ca0e2cbe InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6510 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic-pae 2.6.31-22.60 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic-pae root=UUID=2f511d08-c4e9-44e6-a1d2-5be6172b18c6 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.60-generic-pae RelatedPackageVersions: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-22-generic-pae 2.6.31-22.24 linux-firmware 1.26 SourcePackage: linux Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic-pae i686 dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0N5KHN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd05/28/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6510:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn0N5KHN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6510 dmi.product.version: 0001 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/606238/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
