I am having the same problem with my Dell Precision M4500 ~$ uname -a Linux gba-jbaxter2-ub 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l ~$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000 N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse" P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input13 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse1 event13 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 ~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i mouse [ 18.138] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled [ 18.484] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse (/dev/input/event13) [ 18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall" [ 18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: always reports core events [ 18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event13" [ 18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons [ 18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found relative axes [ 18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found x and y relative axes [ 18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Configuring as mouse [ 18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 [ 18.484] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 [ 18.484] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Generic Mouse" (type: MOUSE) [ 18.484] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: initialized for relative axes. [ 18.484] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1) However Synaptics detects it ok ~$ sudo tpconfig -i Found Synaptics Touchpad. Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode). Sensor type: unknown (0). Geometry: rectangular/landscape/up. Packets: absolute, 80 packets per second. Corner taps disabled; no tap gestures. Edge motion: none. Z threshold: 6 of 7. 2 button mode; corner tap is right button click. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380126 Title: [Karmic] Touchpad not recognised correctly, synaptics driver not in use -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
