Comment 70 for bug 512192

hi try typing "sudo modprobe -r psmouse" in terminal

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM, AdamOutler <email address hidden> wrote:

> I would really appreciate some up-to-date info on this. I have played
> around with just about every on-line tutorial there is. I'm now worried
> that because I've played around so much, that I've damaged the
> netbookieness of my Ubuntu Netbook Remix. There are so many mouse
> oriented programs on my computer now that I don't know what to do.
>
> Why is it this difficult to get features which claim to disable the
> touchpad while typing to work when they have been included in the
> release of Ubuntu? I mean, there should be some sort of way to trick
> a mouse to work with the touchpad device, or decrease sensitivity right?
>
> Core features like this need to work. I assure you that productive work
> on my new netbook is nearly impossible without disabling the touchpad
> while typing. Every time I try to touch the keyboard's space bar it
> sends a mouse click event to the screen which may or may not highlight
> and delete all information which I just typed.
>
> Currently, I am typing this from my netbook. I have had to retype 5
> lines out of this because the touchpad driver is not working properly.
>
> Any fixes would be greatly appreciated. I have a HP N214 netbook. Please
> let me know what I can do to help with this ongoing issue.
>
> --
> Can't configure Elan tech touchpad on Dell Inspiron 11z, Asus K7I0C and
> maybe also Dell Mini 10 (not V), Asus k40in, Asus U81A, Asus UL80-VT, and
> Asus N61Jq.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512192
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> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
>
> Elantech touch pad can't be configured on Dell Inspiron 11Z which make the
> laptop unusable since it's too sensitive.
> It seems like Dell mini 10 (not 10v) is also having this issue.
>
> Here is the driver for windows on dell's website:
> http://support.dell.com/support/down...D=Inspiron1110
>
> Here is a link to Elan's site - http://www.emc.com.tw/eng/tpn_sp_fun.asp
> it say on their site that it's should work with linux.
>
> I found this link - http://arjan.opmeer.net/elantech/
> and contacted the guy but got no reply.
>
> Here are two thread about this issue:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1347942&page=2
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8713106#post8713106
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Jan 24 21:31:09 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1110
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.1.2-1ubuntu7
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=9f9d4f2c-cf41-4cdb-a980-ad53191e7f65 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-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
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 08/12/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A03
> dmi.board.name: 0T644R
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.board.version: A03
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: A03
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd08/12/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1110:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn0T644R:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03:
> dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1110
> dmi.product.version: A03
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> fglrx: Not loaded
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-17-generic
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