Comment 50 for bug 359363

The patch in

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/118834/

worked with me (partially) I have now scrolling working.

L.F.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Wendell <email address hidden> wrote:

> Its now been a year since this was reported, and it is still
> "unassigned". So... does anyone have a workaround?
>
> More specifically (and selfishly), I have a Latitude E6410 like Isaac
> Johnston above; did anyone with a similar laptop get this working?
>
> ** Also affects: linux (Arch Linux)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> of a duplicate bug (667707).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359363
>
> Title:
> Trackpad detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in “linux” package in Arch Linux:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> On the Dell Latitude XT with an Alps trackpad, the trackpad is not
> detected as one but as a "PS/2 Generic Mouse", meaning it does not
> work with the Synaptics driver and is lacking any trackpad-like
> features. The expected result is that it would be detected as a
> Synaptics touchpad (package xserver-xorg-input-synaptics is
> installed).
>
> I was running Intrepid with 2.6.27, where the problem existed;
> upgrading to the Jaunty beta with 2.6.28 did not help.
>
> uname -a reports:
> Linux tableau 2.6.28-11-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:39:23 UTC 2009
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> dmesg reports: (attached)
> [ 31.541971] input: PS/2 Generic Mouse as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input12
>
> /proc/bus/input/devices reports: (attached)
> 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/input12
> U: Uniq=
> H: Handlers=mouse4 event12
> B: EV=7
> B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
> B: REL=3
>
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Luca Formaggia