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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #479839
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 479839

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jhansonxi (jhansonxi) wrote :

I have the same laptop but the touchpad didn't work at all with a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). I had to create an xorg.conf file with the configuration for the touchpad. Option "SHMConfig" "true" had to be set to get it working.

I noticed a "Unable to query Synaptics hardware" message in the kernel logs and found this Gentoo bug report that details issues with synaptics devices and the kernel:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/287019