Touchpad on XPS M1530 not recognized in 9.04

[Zachs Kappler]

Well upgrading to 9.04 has solved a bunch of problems and limitations this laptop had with 8.04. But with any distro, new bugs will arise, but this one survived in a way.

The touch pad has ceased functioning. It won't freak out, just sit there, motionless. The "i8042.nomux=1" kernel setting does nothing to it now. Is there another workaround?

This hardly inconveniences me since I have a USB mouse that works, but the bug is a problem when the mouse has no surface to work on (Optical mice and reflective surfaces don't mix).

[coffeeaddict22]

Hi Zachs,
There's been a change in the way input devices are managed from 8.04; they've moved to HAL from being part of the xorg.conf setup file. Have a look here at the Debian info doc on it (http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide) and here on the Ubuntu wiki site (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input) for a bit more. I think it's safe to say that it's still early days, and the documentation is a bit light still.
Having said that, your touchpad should be being picked up. is it showing up in xinput list

[Zachs Kappler]

Hi Zachs,
There's been a change in the way input devices are managed from 8.04; they've moved to HAL from being part of the xorg.conf setup file. Have a look here at the Debian info doc on it (http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide) and here on the Ubuntu wiki site (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input) for a bit more. I think it's safe to say that it's still early days, and the documentation is a bit light still.
Having said that, your touchpad should be being picked up. is it showing up in xinput list

Thanks, here is what I get
daniel@Egg-Carrier:~$ xinput list
"Virtual core pointer" id=0 [XPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 0
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 0
"Virtual core keyboard" id=1 [XKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" id=2 [XExtensionKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"Video Bus" id=3 [XExtensionKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"Broadcom Corp" id=4 [XExtensionKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"Mouseemu virtual keyboard" id=5 [XExtensionKeyboard]
Num_keys is 248
Min_keycode is 8
Max_keycode is 255
"Macintosh mouse button emulation" id=6 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
"Mouseemu virtual mouse" id=7 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
"AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" id=8 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 12
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is 0
Max_value is 1023
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is 0
Max_value is 767
Resolution is 1
"PS/2 Mouse" id=9 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
"Broadcom Corp" id=10 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
"Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse" id=11 [XExtensionPointer]
Num_buttons is 32
Num_axes is 2
Mode is Relative
Motion_buffer is 256
Axis 0 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
Axis 1 :
Min_value is -1
Max_value is -1
Resolution is 1
daniel@Egg-Carrier:~$


The Alps entry is the touchpad, but I'm still lost on how I can convert the xinput entry to HAL or make calls to it...

\Hasn't touched either in a year due to the editing not being needed since
\\Might explain the sudden retardation/glitch of my Bamboo Fun tablet

[Zachs Kappler]

Well consider this solved, 9.10 corrected this big issue without me having to do anything to it.