Sony Vaio touch pad is not working

Tested with vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic with i8042.nopnp on the command line and the mousepad now works.

Maybe the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/666737

It appears bug 681748 is a duplicate of this one.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681748

This is fixed in kernel 2.6.37 (at least from RC3 up). It will not be a problem in Natty (although the trackpad is still only reported as a PS/2 wheel mouse).

This bug also affect Sony Vaio F11, but in this series hack i8042.nopnp is no needed with kernel 2.6.35. Unfortunately touchpad is recognized as PS/2 mouse and horizontal scrolling / gestures are not working.

On my sony F11 with an up to date kubuntu beta2 11.04 the touchpad "works" but without scrolling (not even the vertical one).

I don't get why I see a "PS/2 Mouse in /proc/bus/input/devices because the external mouse was not plugged when I did the
cat /proc/bus/input/devices

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=0000
N: Name="PS/2 Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input12
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse2 event12
B: PROP=0
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7326
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input13
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse3 event13
B: PROP=0
B: EV=b
B: KEY=420 70000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=1000003

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

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@Xavier Gnata

There's an independent bug for this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/773165

I think you could subscribe to it...

Have a nice day :)

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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC275 Analog [ALC275 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: davidm 1717 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: davidm 1717 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xe8e00000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC275'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0275,104d3f00,00100005'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 11
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xe3080000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0a HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de000a,104d3f00,00100100'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 4
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=36d52c68-7be8-4232-96f7-c2d483db1171
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF1290X
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=b8c926ed-3fa4-40db-a157-d7e57f7818d7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
RelatedPackageVersions:
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 linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-13-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.60
Tags: oneiric running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R1110Y6
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1110Y6:bd05/31/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF1290X:pvrA222J92M:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCF1290X
dmi.product.version: A222J92M
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

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Jeremy Foshee, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text.

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

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If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.

Please let us know your results. Thanks in advance.

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