I am having the same problem on a latitude xt running karmic. The Touchpad is detected as "PS/2 Generic Mouse". In addtion there is some input device called "Macintosh mouse button emulation" recognized. See attachment xinput.txt.
** Attachment added: "xinput --list" https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/565543/+attachment/1493169/+files/xinput.txt -- 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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs