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  1. Bug #606238
  2. Comment #345

Comment 345 for bug 606238

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wgroiss (wolfgang-groiss-gmx) wrote : Re: synaptic touchpad not recognized on dell latitude e6510 and others

Now the touchpad works!

I think, it was not the
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sudo apt-get install python-apport
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because i got an error.
But it i think, the fix was a newer kernel, which i got with ubuntu rairing update:
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Linux Dell-Latitude-E5530 3.8.0-14-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 22 19:21:28 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
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Now I can see the Alps Touchpad and scrolling does work!

wolfgang@Dell-Latitude-E5530:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ DualPoint Stick id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [slave pointer (2)]