[arch-general] Touchpad not recognized

[Hugo Yamashita]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Seblu <seblu at seblu.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Xianwen Chen <xianwen.chen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hey Hugo,
> >
> > Thanks a lot! I tried it and and tried to log out and log in again, but
> > "xinput list" doesn't change its output. :(
> >
> > Xianwen
> >
> > On 04/18/2011 07:37 PM, Hugo Yamashita wrote:
> >>
> >> Have you tried "modprobe psmouse"?
> >> Works for me...
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Xianwen
> >> Chen<xianwen.chen at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Archers,
> >>>
> >>> I'm runnig Arch X64 on a Dell Latitude E5410. The touchpad is not
> >>> recognized as
> >>>
> >>> "xinput list" only shows following:
> >>>
> >>> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer
> >>>  (3)]
> >>> ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave
>  pointer
> >>>  (2)]
> >>> ⎜   ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse                          id=12    [slave
> >>>  pointer
> >>>  (2)]
> >>> ⎣ Virtual core keyboard                       id=3    [master keyboard
> >>> (2)]
> >>>    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard                 id=5    [slave
>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Power Button                                id=6    [slave
>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Video Bus                                   id=7    [slave
>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Power Button                                id=8    [slave
>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Sleep Button                                id=9    [slave
>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M                 id=10    [slave
> >>>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                id=11    [slave
> >>>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                            id=13    [slave
> >>>  keyboard
> >>> (3)]
> >>>
> >>> xf86-input-synaptics and xf86-input-evdev are installed on the system.
> >>>
> >>> Does someone have an idea on how to fix the problem? ;)
> I've its small brother (e6410). You can look this.
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14660
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/601113
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590880
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Sébastien Luttringer
> www.seblu.net
>


I know you'll all hate me for saying this, but usually Ubuntu finds every
driver you might need... try loading Ubuntu using a live cd/dvd and look at
the drivers it uses...