karmic 9.10 - Cant get Alps touchpad to work - Have tried many things

[marcopl]

Guys,

i have a compaq presario c40 laptop with an alps touchpad. i just cant get the touchpad to work???

- it works with pclinux
- didnt work in kubuntu - tried many things...

- then switched to ubuntu karmic 9.10
- tried many things such as;

-- creating fdi files ( frm site http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2009/tec...jackalope.html )
-- editing grub to add kernel options i8042.nomux
-- editing /etc/modules to load psmouse i8042.nomux=1

Pls pls pls pls help.

[kruzztee]

Same here... tried so many things since Jaunty...
Can you share me what notebook did you use? I use Indonesia's Zyrex Bee...
The touchpad detected as Alps in Windows.

Did ubuntu abandon us?

[marcopl]

Same here... tried so many things since Jaunty...
Can you share me what notebook did you use? I use Indonesia's Zyrex Bee...
The touchpad detected as Alps in Windows.

Did ubuntu abandon us?

a compaq presario c40 laptop

[marcopl]

apparently, i have the i8042 controller as shown by lshal;

~$ sudo lshal | grep i8042
info.linux.driver = 'i8042 aux' (string)
info.linux.driver = 'i8042 kbd' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042'
info.linux.driver = 'i8042' (string)
info.product = 'Platform Device (i8042)' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042' (string)
platform.id = 'i8042' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042' (string)
info.product = 'i8042 AUX port' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1' (string)
serio.description = 'i8042 AUX port' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input_0' (string)
input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9/event9' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' (string)
input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input10/event10' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042' (string)
info.product = 'i8042 KBD port' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0' (string)
serio.description = 'i8042 KBD port' (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port_logicaldev_input' (string)
input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_KBD_port' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input5/event5' (string)

[marcopl]

lshal also shows my touchpad as an alps touchpad;

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input'
info.callouts.add = {'hal-probe-vmmouse'} (string list)
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse', 'input.touchpad'} (string list)
info.category = 'input' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
info.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint' (string)
info.subsystem = 'input' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' (string)
input.device = '/dev/input/event10' (string)
input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string)
input.product = 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint' (string)
input.x11_driver = 'synaptics' (string)
input.x11_options.EmulateMidButtonTime = '75' (string)
input.x11_options.TouchpadOff = '0' (string)
input.x11_options.xCenterDenominator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.xCenterNumerator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.xEdgeDenominator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.xEdgeNumerator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.xJump = '16' (string)
input.x11_options.xPadMax = '840' (string)
input.x11_options.xPadMin = '130' (string)
input.x11_options.yCenterDenominator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.yCenterNumerator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.yEdgeDenominator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.yEdgeNumerator = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.yJump = '16' (string)
input.x11_options.yPadMax = '640' (string)
input.x11_options.yPadMin = '130' (string)
linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event10' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'input' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input10/event10' (string)

[marcopl]

lshal does list the 'synaptics' as the driver but thru 'lsmod' i cant see any 'synaptics' driver.

lsmod output shown below;

techiee@compaq-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 8356 1
bridge 47952 0
stp 2272 1 bridge
bnep 12060 2
ppdev 6688 0
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 12860 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 59844 1
snd_hda_intel 26920 4
snd_hda_codec 75708 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_ intel
joydev 10272 0
snd_hwdep 7200 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75296 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
snd_seq_oss 28576 0
snd_seq_midi 6432 0
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo 59080 0
snd_seq 50224 7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
lirc_ene0100 8096 0
snd 59204 21 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_ intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ timer,snd_seq_device
videodev 36736 1 uvcvideo
soundcore 7264 1 snd
lirc_dev 10804 1 lirc_ene0100
iptable_filter 3100 0
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
v4l1_compat 14496 2 uvcvideo,videodev
ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter
sdhci_pci 7100 0
sdhci 17472 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 4096 1 sdhci
psmouse 56180 0
lib80211_crypt_tkip 8636 0
serio_raw 5280 0
x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables
wl 1272936 0
jmb38x_ms 9600 0
memstick 10072 1 jmb38x_ms
lp 8964 0
btusb 11856 2
lib80211 6432 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
parport 35340 2 ppdev,lp
fbcon 36640 72
tileblit 2460 1 fbcon
font 8124 1 fbcon
bitblit 5372 1 fbcon
softcursor 1756 1 bitblit
usbhid 38208 0
r8169 32064 0
mii 5212 1 r8169
i915 221064 3
drm 159584 3 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5760 1 i915
intel_agp 27484 2 i915
agpgart 34988 2 drm,intel_agp
video 19380 1 i915
output 2780 1 video

[marcopl]

so i have to get synaptics driver loaded automatically?hmm..


also i noticed this thread abt people with touchpad problems...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1098767

[marcopl]

~$ locate synaptic

/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.ko
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
/usr/sbin/synaptic

and;

:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input$ ls -l
total 264
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36488 2009-10-26 18:13 evdev_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48308 2009-04-30 05:09 mouse_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50908 2009-06-18 04:35 synaptics_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18284 2009-10-26 18:29 vmmouse_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100712 2009-10-15 07:05 wacom_drv.so

and apparently to load modules upon boot , u append an entry to the /etc/modules file....so should i append synaptic or synaptic_drv.so? or synaptics_i2c.ko?

hmm... going with synaptics-i2c as its a kernel module

[marcopl]

ok. i got the module loaded with the steps above but still no touchpad...

~$ sudo lsmod

Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 8356 1
bridge 47952 0
stp 2272 1 bridge
bnep 12060 2
ppdev 6688 0
usbhid 38208 0
uvcvideo 59080 0
snd_seq 50224 7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
synaptics_i2c 6280 0
sdhci_pci 7100 0
psmouse 56500 0

but nothing seems to be using synaptics_i2c