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Hi,
The touchpad was work out of the box, but after the last update ( which I think it has kernel, and xorg or xserver in it) the touchpad stop working anymore.
Anybody found the same problem ? I tried to look around but I can't find any glaring error. thanks
here is some lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 1.1.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 4.0
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.2
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: x-axis range 0 - 1023
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: y-axis range 0 - 767
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: pressure range 0 - 127
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: finger width range 0 - 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: buttons: left right middle
(**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
(**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
(**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpad found
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpad found
dmesg | grep Alps
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8
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Last edited by Tg (2009-08-03 09:49:09)
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Miraculously solved: The touchpad suddenly work when I was playing around with xinput set-pointer for no reason. I tried set-input to touchpad but it gave me 5 lines of error ( which I forgot to saved) and worked since then.
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same problem, dunno how to solve it?
(II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Device: "/dev/input/event9"
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y relative axes
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found x and y absolute axes
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Found absolute touchpad
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: Configuring as touchpad
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
(**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
(II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: relative axes found, ignoring absolute axes.
dmesg | grep Alps
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9
Last edited by karabaja4 (2009-08-03 22:01:49)
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Solved by installing xf86-input-synaptics.
If touchpad support without synaptics package is disabled, why isn't the synaptics package added as a dependency?
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If touchpad support without synaptics package is disabled, why isn't the synaptics package added as a dependency?
becase the package is needed only for those who have laptop
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Thank you so much, karabaja4!! You rescued me
Had the same problem...
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Miraculously solved: The touchpad suddenly work when I was playing around with xinput set-pointer for no reason. I tried set-input to touchpad but it gave me 5 lines of error ( which I forgot to saved) and worked since then.
Thanks, that did it for me too. I thought it was a hardware error at first since it seemed too much of a simple problem to me, but after bumping into this thread I got curious. I actually thought my touchpad was dying on me
[stijn@hermes ~]$ dmesg |grep ALPS
input: AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint as /class/input/input7
For others, this was the exact command:
xinput set-pointer "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
Of course with a 'real' Synaptics touchpad it will be different, but both Xorg's log and dmesg should be able to tell you what the name of the device is.
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