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vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

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Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Hello,

I've just installed Archlinux on my Sony Vaio E and the touchpad isn't working at all on X. I've installed the xf86-input-evdev and xf86-input-synaptics packages but I can move the pointer only with an external usb mouse. What should I do?

Thank you

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Did you check /var/log/Xorg.0.log whether your touchpad is recognized by X?

vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 6

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

I'm not very expert, but maybe these are the lines of Xorg.0.log about the touchpad:

[    22.117] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    22.117] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[    22.117] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "it"
[    22.118] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sony Vaio Jogdial (/dev/input/event2)
[    22.118] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[    22.118] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sony Vaio Jogdial (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    22.118] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

ehlo

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From: England

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 66

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

I also have the E-series and had some touchpad issues.

You may find my topic helpful . https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=104861

vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 6

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

I edited the 10-evdev.conf and 10-synaptics.conf files as indicated in your post but my touchpad isn't working at all anyway. I get the same output in Xorg.0.log.

ehlo

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From: England

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 66

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Did you also do what is suggested as a reply to my topic? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=104769

vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 6

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

That topic is about a proper configuration of the synaptics options, but my problem is that my touchpad isn't working at all. It's somehow detected by the system but it appears to be dead. Under windows it works perfectly. This is the output of my /proc/bus/input/devices about the touchpad:

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=104d Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Sony Vaio Jogdial"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5
B: EV=7
B: KEY=40000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=100

Last edited by vocs (2010-11-02 13:19:52)

ehlo

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From: England

Registered: 2010-04-04

Posts: 66

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Is hal running?

I don't think the jogdial is the touchpad, but rather the custom buttons above the keyboard. I have jogdial listed in addition to a synaptics touchpad

Last edited by ehlo (2010-11-02 18:26:02)

vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 6

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know that. Yes, hal is running. This is the entire output of my /proc/bus/input/devices:

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=402000000 3803078f800d001 feffffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0001 Vendor=10ec Product=0269 Version=0001
N: Name="HDA Digital PCBeep"
P: Phys=card0/codec#0/beep0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event1
B: EV=40001
B: SND=6

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="Lid Switch"
P: Phys=PNP0C0D/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event2
B: EV=21
B: SW=1

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event3
B: EV=3
B: KEY=10000000000000 0

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=104d Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Sony Vaio Keys"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/SNY5001:00/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event4 rfkill
B: EV=13
B: KEY=1f160f0000 c00000000 10000000000000 200000000 600f00102c00 380000240300400 e000000000000 0
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0010 Vendor=104d Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Sony Vaio Jogdial"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5
B: EV=7
B: KEY=40000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=100

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0006 Version=0000
N: Name="Video Bus"
P: Phys=LNXVIDEO/video/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:49/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event6
B: EV=3
B: KEY=3e000b00000000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c016 Version=0110
N: Name="Logitech Optical USB Mouse"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.6/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6/2-1.6:1.0/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event7
B: EV=17
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0c45 Product=6409 Version=9c30
N: Name="USB 2.0 Camera"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/button
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event8
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

punkeroso

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From: Rome, Italy

Registered: 2007-01-19

Posts: 105

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

I had the same issue on my vaio EA. Googling a bit a found that adding i8042.nopnp to the kernel line on my menu.lst solved the problem!
Regards

vocs

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Registered: 2010-10-23

Posts: 6

Re: Sony Vaio E series touchpad not working

Great! It works! Thanks!