Comment 370 for bug 550625

Seth I've been holding out trying the driver since I read that you were
coming out with a newer one, I have a Acer Timelinex 1830T series, I see you
also have an acer, do you think this new version is the one to try with us
that do not have the trackstick? If so I will try it tonight and see what
kind of results I get...Thanks for working on this :)

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Seth Forshee <email address hidden>wrote:

> I've uploaded a new version of the driver, available at:
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/alps-touchpad/psmouse-alps-0.2
> /psmouse-alps-dkms_0.2_all.deb
>
> (Max: you can find patches in the same directory as the deb package,
> which is true for the previous version as well.)
>
> What's new in this release:
>
> * The driver will now work on machines without tracksticks (hopefully, I
> don't have hardware to test this on).
>
> * The driver now supports more hardware than previously. Specifically,
> it supports the touchpad on the Acer Aspire One 532h, and hopefully
> there are other machines using similar devices.
>
> * Trackstick sensitivity has been tuned down. I'm not usually a
> trackstick user, so feedback on the performance is appreciated.
>
> * Multitouch support has been temporarily removed. It needs reworking in
> light of some limitations of the Aspire One 532h touchpad.
>
> * The driver fails more gracefully when something goes wrong. This
> should mean that you won't be left with a non-functional touchpad if the
> driver doesn't work on your machine.
>
> Please test and let me know how it works. I'm still accepting alps-reg-
> dump reports as well, preferably including the max ABS_X and ABS_Y
> values reported by input-events. Note that input-events needs to be run
> in a virtual terminal to produce output, as Xorg prevents any other
> application from getting events from the touchpad. To switch to a
> virtual terminal, press Ctrl-Alt-F1, and when your done press Ctrl-
> Alt-F7 to get back to your graphical environment.
>
> Thanks for testing!
>
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>
> Title:
> Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not
> work
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
> Confirmed
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux” source package in Lucid:
> Triaged
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Lucid:
> Confirmed
> Status in “linux” source package in Maverick:
> Triaged
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” source package in Maverick:
> Confirmed
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
> New
> Status in “linux” package in Fedora:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> SRU Justification:
>
> Impact: The end result of the commit is loss of scroll support, with no
> extra functionality gained.
>
> How addressed: By reverting the commit, the previously enabled scroll
> support is reestablished through the ImPS/2 extension.
>
> Reproduction: Run current Ubuntu kernel on affected hardware. Scroll
> functionality present in previous Ubuntu releases is now missing.
>
> Regression Potential: Since this is a revert of a one-line device id,
> the regression potential is minimal. The device should fall back to
> ImPS/2 protocol without issue.
>
> =====
>
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
>
> I have Ubuntu 9.10 and an Alps touchpad (E7: 73 02 64). Chase fixed
> the kernel so that it was recognized and, indeed, the touchpad shows
> up in both gsynaptics and system>preferences>mouse, but when I
> actually try to adjust the settings nothing changes. My goal is to
> disable the tap-to-click feature or disable the touchpad when typing.
> Chase suggests it may be something related to the driver and to open
> another bug.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Mar 28 22:02:25 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu7
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic
> root=UUID=f1e2e19e-a0f8-407d-9533-c5ba95a8be50 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.58~alps4-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
> libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
> XorgConf:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Macintosh mouse button emulation"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "SHMConfig" "true"
> EndSection
> dmi.bios.date: 12/04/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: F.22
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: 3656
> dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.board.version: 44.1D
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrF.22:bd12/04/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondm3NotebookPC:pvr0486110000241F00110320000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3656:rvr44.1D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC
> dmi.product.version: 0486110000241F00110320000
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> fglrx: Not loaded
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-21-generic
>
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