HP Mini 210 touchpad right click not working

[bkarlan]

I have attached the relevant files to this post. The patch is installed using dkms so once the patch is applied, it will remain applied even when your computer is updated with newer kernel versions.

This is what I did and I hope it works for you too (obviously I can't guarantee anything):

1. Download the attached file to your computers desktop
2. sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential
3. cd ~/Desktop
4. tar jxvf psmouse-2.6.38-8-generic.tar.bz2
5. sudo mv psmouse-2.6.38-8-generic /usr/src
6. cd /usr/src
7. sudo chmod -R a+rx psmouse-2.6.38-8-generic
8. sudo dkms add -m psmouse -v 2.6.38-8-generic
9. sudo dkms build -m psmouse -v 2.6.38-8-generic
10. sudo dkms install -m psmouse -v 2.6.38-8-generic
11. sudo shutdown -r now
12. dkms status

The output of the last command should look similar to this (with no errors):
"psmouse, 2.6.38-8-generic, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed"

You can go ahead and delete the files on your desktop. If everything went well you can even right click to select "Move To Wastebasket".

Good luck!

I've done both the commands at the beginning of this thread which enabled my right click but disabled the computer from recognizing my touchpad, so I have lost all configuration abilities, such as setting it up for scroll. So I ran this patch successfully and I still have right click, but synaptics touch pad configuration tells me that it can't find the touchpad.

So to summarize. This all has fixed the right click, but disabled scroll and my ability to configure mouse speed, etc...

FYI, I don't have an HP Mini. I have an HP Pavilion dm3t.

[AnotherMuggle]

I've done both the commands at the beginning of this thread which enabled my right click but disabled the computer from recognizing my touchpad, so I have lost all configuration abilities, such as setting it up for scroll. So I ran this patch successfully and I still have right click, but synaptics touch pad configuration tells me that it can't find the touchpad.

So to summarize. This all has fixed the right click, but disabled scroll and my ability to configure mouse speed, etc...

FYI, I don't have an HP Mini. I have an HP Pavilion dm3t.

I can't say with confidence whether this patch will work on your system. The patch has only been tested on a HP Mini 210 so it may or may not work for your "HP Pavilion dm3t".

Which commands did you run on your system?

You should revert all other changes you made to your system regarding the touchpad/mouse and then install the patched driver. Any other changes you made may interfere with the patch.

[bmorris36]

To get the trackpad working correctly you need to use the terminal and enter in the below commands. Make sure you press enter after each command:

sudo su

echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe

reboot

Terminal says
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe: No Such file or directory

Help Please???

[AnotherMuggle]

Terminal says
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.modprobe: No Such file or directory

Help Please???

If you are using a HP Mini 210 then ignore those commands.

Please post the output of this command:

uname -a

[bmorris36]

If you are using a HP Mini 210 then ignore those commands.

Please post the output of this command:

uname -a

Yes I have the Hp Mini 210

It says

Linux britt 3.2.0-30-generic-pae #48-ubuntu SMP fri Aug 24
17:14:09 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[AnotherMuggle]

Yes I have the Hp Mini 210

It says

Linux britt 3.2.0-30-generic-pae #48-ubuntu SMP fri Aug 24
17:14:09 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

It looks like you are using Ubuntu 12.04 with the latest kernel installed.
Please follow my instructions HERE and post in that thread if you have any issues.

[bmorris36]

Sorry but i had immediate problems thanks for trying but ill just stick with using a wireless mouse but thanks anyway and do you know how i could get xp onto a flash drive while still in Ubuntu i want to put it on my Hp Mini 210 and i have the xp but i need to put it on the flash drive and i don't know how to on Ubuntu.

[AnotherMuggle]

Sorry but i had immediate problems thanks for trying but ill just stick with using a wireless mouse but thanks anyway and do you know how i could get xp onto a flash drive while still in Ubuntu i want to put it on my Hp Mini 210 and i have the xp but i need to put it on the flash drive and i don't know how to on Ubuntu.

What were the immediate problems? I (or someone else) may be able to help.

As for the other question, please start a new thread with an appropriate title.

[geee]

thanks, all! This works great on my HP mini 210 1090nr running a clean install of 12.04 LTS

[zahidindia]

You're much better off actually fixing the problem with the driver, as telling the system that the touchpad is a PS/2 mouse leaves you with zero control of the pad on the Mini 210. To do this, download the attachment at the bottom of this post and save it in your home folder:

Open the terminal on your Mini 210 and

sudo apt-get install build-essential patch linux-source

The kernel source will be a tarball that is installed in /usr/src. Extract it to your home directory like so:

tar -xjvf /usr/src/linux-source <tab>

Note that pressing tab will autocomplete to the version you downloaded. Once extracted, change to the source directory and untar the patch attachment you downloaded at the beginning:

cd linux-source <tab>
tar -xzvf ../clickpad.tar.gz

Now we'll patch the driver files, copy the Makefile to the right place, and compile and install the new driver:

patch -p1 <clickpad_patch
cp Makefile drivers/input/mouse/
cd drivers/input/mouse
make
sudo make install

Reboot your machine, and you'll find the touchpad works like it should. Note that this patch is based on Takashi Iwai's fine work here: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/67335/

Hi,

After running this command tar -xzvf ../clickpad.tar.gz, the terminal gets stucks and blinks only does nothing. Please help.