Same here, Ubuntu 10.10, Dell Precision 4500 uname -a; cat /proc/bus/input/devices; sudo tpconfig Linux dkordonski-laptop 2.6.35-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 11:55:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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/input11 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse0 event11 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3
Found Synaptics Touchpad. Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode).
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadDetection suggests that this is problem with the kernel not detecting the touchpad properly
Same here, Ubuntu 10.10, Dell Precision 4500 input/devices; sudo tpconfig
uname -a; cat /proc/bus/
Linux dkordonski-laptop 2.6.35-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 11:55:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000 serio1/ input0 devices/ platform/ i8042/serio1/ input/input11
N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/
S: Sysfs=/
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event11
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
Found Synaptics Touchpad.
Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode).
https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/DebuggingTo uchpadDetection suggests that this is problem with the kernel not detecting the touchpad properly