[SOLVED] Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems

**Done_Fishin** · 06-27-2009, 02:02 PM

One laptop

Boot Ubuntu LIVE CD 8.04 and the touchpad is recognised and works

Boot Ubuntu 9.04 or Super Ubuntu LIVE CD 9.04 and the touchpad doesn't function except for the buttons.

I cannot see what I am supposed to mount to make it work

8.04 info from terminal

Quote:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 32512 2
drm 82452 3 i915
ipv6 267780 8
af_packet 23812 2
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
apm 22616 2
speedstep_centrino 9152 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
freq_table 5536 3 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
snd_intel8x0 35356 3
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcmcia 40876 0
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
yenta_socket 27276 1
sdhci 19076 0
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ipw2200 146120 0
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
snd 56996 17 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ieee80211 35528 1 ipw2200
serio_raw 7940 0
mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci
evdev 13056 1
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ieee80211_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211
intel_agp 25492 1
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
psmouse 40336 0
pcspkr 4224 0
soundcore 8800 1 snd
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
squashfs 49160 1
loop 18948 2
unionfs 76752 1
isofs 36388 1
nls_iso8859_1 4992 0
nls_cp437 6656 1
vfat 14464 0
fat 54556 1 vfat
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 1
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 0
ata_piix 19588 1
pata_acpi 8320 0
8139too 27520 0
ata_generic 8324 0
libata 159344 3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
ohci1394 33584 0
scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ieee1394 93752 1 ohci1394
8139cp 24704 0
mii 6400 2 8139too,8139cp
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 32512 2
drm 82452 3 i915
ipv6 267780 8
af_packet 23812 2
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
apm 22616 2
speedstep_centrino 9152 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
freq_table 5536 3 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
snd_intel8x0 35356 3
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcmcia 40876 0
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
yenta_socket 27276 1
sdhci 19076 0
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ipw2200 146120 0
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
snd 56996 17 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ieee80211 35528 1 ipw2200
serio_raw 7940 0
mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci
evdev 13056 1
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ieee80211_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211
intel_agp 25492 1
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
psmouse 40336 0
pcspkr 4224 0
soundcore 8800 1 snd
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
squashfs 49160 1
loop 18948 2
unionfs 76752 1
isofs 36388 1
nls_iso8859_1 4992 0
nls_cp437 6656 1
vfat 14464 0
fat 54556 1 vfat
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 1
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 0
ata_piix 19588 1
pata_acpi 8320 0
8139too 27520 0
ata_generic 8324 0
libata 159344 3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
ohci1394 33584 0
scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ieee1394 93752 1 ohci1394
8139cp 24704 0
mii 6400 2 8139too,8139cp
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
01:05.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 21)
01:05.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
01:05.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
01:05.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

9.04 info from terminal

Quote:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
i915 65540 2
drm 96296 3 i915
ppdev 15620 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
joydev 18368 0
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
pcmcia 44748 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ipw2200 150984 0
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
psmouse 61972 0
yenta_socket 32396 1
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
sdhci_pci 15232 0
serio_raw 13316 0
snd 62628 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ieee80211 38344 1 ipw2200
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
soundcore 15200 1 snd
ieee80211_crypt 13444 1 ieee80211
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
squashfs 46344 1
aufs 165924 1
exportfs 12544 1 aufs
isofs 39844 1
nls_iso8859_1 12032 0
nls_cp437 13696 1
vfat 18816 0
fat 58272 1 vfat
ohci1394 38576 0
8139too 32128 0
8139cp 27776 0
mii 13312 2 8139too,8139cp
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
01:05.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711MP1/MS1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 21)
01:05.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 01)
01:05.3 Bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)
01:05.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Under windows it seems possible that the touchpad is a "virtual mouse" since there is no hardware itemised for it but there is a non existent PS/2 Microsoft Mouse

**wmorri** · 06-27-2009, 03:53 PM

Hi,

I am not sure as to what the issue is. What model laptop is this?

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-27-2009, 04:18 PM

The issue here is that the touchpad doesn't work apart from the buttons in 9.04 whereas in older versions the touchpad does function.

I am wondering what I need to install.

I went into various internet searches to try and identify the missing drivers but it seems that I found nothing. From within the Windows OS I only see a non-existent Microsoft PS/2 Mouse in the Device Manager and no Touchpad device mentioned anywhere. That gave me the idea that it's a "Virtual Mouse" ie a device that is made to look like something else.

Since it was recognised in 8.04 what am I missing in 9.04 that would make it work?

The laptop is a Twinhead 12D badged as a Philips Freevent X50 (F12DT) but it's also seen as a Averatec AV3715.

I am having issues re-installing XP Home since the old harddrive was corrupted and parts of the Recovery Partition lost. I thought a good workaround might be Ubuntu since it will only be used for web surfing and little else however I have come across these minor problems when trying out the latest Ubuntu Live CD's.

**wmorri** · 06-27-2009, 05:53 PM

Done, you can't make this easy for me. I will see what I can do with this, but if you are having problems with XP then I am not sure if I can get a good answer for you. I will see if there is anything out there though.

I seem to have found a bug report that has a lengthy solution I don't know if you have taken a look at it or not, here it is.

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-28-2009, 03:12 AM

Hi wmorri, sorry for being a pain. It seems so silly and yet should be so easy, most likely a driver that should have been loaded but isn't because 9.04 isn't seeing a "mouse" at a "ps/2" port whereas bot Windows & 8.04 do!!

XP is working and functional apart from silly random beeping, possibly heat sensor alarm. I am not asking you to foix that for me

I want to give an alternative OS to the user in a dual boot system but the touchpad doesn't function in the version (9.04) I want to use. In an older version (8.04) it does.

I suppose I should pop down to the Ubuntu forums and ask there but I'll see if I can fix it at TSF first.

edit .. changed my mind and I am using the two prong approach. On the Ubunbtu forum I searched and found no touchpad info so i placed my question there too!
will naturally report back here if I find anything. I suspect that it must be a bug, since the older live cd's find the touchpad

**wmorri** · 06-28-2009, 10:32 AM

Hi,

I understand totally, you aren't being a problem at all. I was just trying to pick on you a little bit. Did you happen to take a look at the link that I posted. I don't know if would be of any help to you but it was the only thing that I could find.

I wouldn't count too much on the Ubuntu forums. I have asked questions there before things that should be an easy fix and I get like two replys and then nothing. But best of luck on that.

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-28-2009, 10:51 AM

Thanks for that link , I haven't tried it yet busy re-installing Windows (again!!)

I tried installing 8.10 but as I remembered it was buggy at install, 8.04 install gave me a few problems, probably because I tried to install to an ext3 partition, went smoothly with an ext2 partition but for some reason no grub at restart. I must have missed something like where the grub got installed. Since the last Windows install didn't go well ( I was left at the window .. Windows can be shut down now!) I decided to re-install XP Home before trying to re-install Ubuntu.
However that workaround may look good until it means that every time the user boots he will have to tun a script to make the touchpad work. Having said that, you found more than I did and Thanks for that. The Ubuntu forum seems to have gone offline for the last few hours so trying to dig deeper has also stopped.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-28-2009, 03:30 PM

Thanks for that link ..

I found this

Quote:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

works from a terminal window

however it also says

Quote:

To get this to work on startup you just need to run the following command:

echo "options psmouse proto=imps" |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse

It's not a fix, but it's a good workaround.

I tried that by adding it to the line when hitting F6 (other modes) on the live CD menu, but got a message that it's not recognised.
It looks like something that might be added as an option to the CD menu. Any ideas and can it be integrated somewhere so that it works automatically at every boot should I install to Hard Disk? or woiuld I need to add that somehow into the kernel ??

**wmorri** · 06-28-2009, 06:14 PM

Hi,

I did a little looking and you might be able to add it to the modprobe.d file. That can be found in the /etc/modprobe.d/. You should have a modprobe.conf.dist or a file similar to that which you can add things too. This might help you a little too.

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-29-2009, 11:20 AM

Thanks a bunch .. I'll see if I can get this old tired brain of mine to grasp the intricacies. At least i now know what

Quote:

echo "options psmouse proto=imps" |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse

was referring to now .. even if I don't understand it!

YET!!

**wmorri** · 06-29-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

echo "options psmouse proto=imps" |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse

Let me see if I can break this down for you. I will start with "echo" that is a term in programming like php which means to write what is in quotes. I don't think that I need to explain "sudo". "tee" is a tool that reads from a what is written from in this case "echo" and then writes it to a file, the "-a" shows that the files is to appended but not overwritten.

I hope that makes sense to you. If not just tell me and I will try and explain it a little differently. If you want exact answers look in the MAN pages in terminal.

Cheers!

**Done_Fishin** · 06-29-2009, 03:29 PM

Thanks for the explanation .. I will call you if I have problems. I;ll be looking into it with an idea to incorporate it into a build I am planning

in the meantime there is a 9.10 Karmic Alpha 2 version apparently that has had this bug sorted. However it seems it's early yet and is still in testing / bug fixing stages. An alpha 3 version is expected with most bugs fixed.

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha2

**Done_Fishin** · 07-05-2009, 04:40 AM

looks like I have this under control now

I created a file using gedit called psmouse and saved it to /etc/modprobe.d

contents of psmouse

Quote:

options psmouse proto=imps

In case of any upgrade though I would like to safeguard this setting .. will any upgrade affect those modeprob.d files ??

do I need to add it to the menu.lst with a kopt header, perhasp

Quote:

##kopt options psmouse proto=imps

**wmorri** · 07-05-2009, 06:27 PM

Glad that you were able to figure this one out.

06-27-2009, 03:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,707 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Hi, I am not sure as to what the issue is. What model laptop is this? Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

06-27-2009, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,250 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems The issue here is that the touchpad doesn't work apart from the buttons in 9.04 whereas in older versions the touchpad does function. I am wondering what I need to install. I went into various internet searches to try and identify the missing drivers but it seems that I found nothing. From within the Windows OS I only see a non-existent Microsoft PS/2 Mouse in the Device Manager and no Touchpad device mentioned anywhere. That gave me the idea that it's a "Virtual Mouse" ie a device that is made to look like something else. Since it was recognised in 8.04 what am I missing in 9.04 that would make it work? The laptop is a Twinhead 12D badged as a Philips Freevent X50 (F12DT) but it's also seen as a Averatec AV3715. I am having issues re-installing XP Home since the old harddrive was corrupted and parts of the Recovery Partition lost. I thought a good workaround might be Ubuntu since it will only be used for web surfing and little else however I have come across these minor problems when trying out the latest Ubuntu Live CD's. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

06-27-2009, 05:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,707 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Done, you can't make this easy for me. I will see what I can do with this, but if you are having problems with XP then I am not sure if I can get a good answer for you. I will see if there is anything out there though. I seem to have found a bug report that has a lengthy solution I don't know if you have taken a look at it or not, here it is. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever! Last edited by wmorri; 06-27-2009 at 06:03 PM.

06-28-2009, 03:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,250 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Hi wmorri, sorry for being a pain. It seems so silly and yet should be so easy, most likely a driver that should have been loaded but isn't because 9.04 isn't seeing a "mouse" at a "ps/2" port whereas bot Windows & 8.04 do!! XP is working and functional apart from silly random beeping, possibly heat sensor alarm. I am not asking you to foix that for me I want to give an alternative OS to the user in a dual boot system but the touchpad doesn't function in the version (9.04) I want to use. In an older version (8.04) it does. I suppose I should pop down to the Ubuntu forums and ask there but I'll see if I can fix it at TSF first. edit .. changed my mind and I am using the two prong approach. On the Ubunbtu forum I searched and found no touchpad info so i placed my question there too! will naturally report back here if I find anything. I suspect that it must be a bug, since the older live cd's find the touchpad __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner Last edited by Done_Fishin; 06-28-2009 at 04:16 AM. Reason: additional info

06-28-2009, 10:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,707 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Hi, I understand totally, you aren't being a problem at all. I was just trying to pick on you a little bit. Did you happen to take a look at the link that I posted. I don't know if would be of any help to you but it was the only thing that I could find. I wouldn't count too much on the Ubuntu forums. I have asked questions there before things that should be an easy fix and I get like two replys and then nothing. But best of luck on that. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

06-28-2009, 10:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,250 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Thanks for that link , I haven't tried it yet busy re-installing Windows (again!!) I tried installing 8.10 but as I remembered it was buggy at install, 8.04 install gave me a few problems, probably because I tried to install to an ext3 partition, went smoothly with an ext2 partition but for some reason no grub at restart. I must have missed something like where the grub got installed. Since the last Windows install didn't go well ( I was left at the window .. Windows can be shut down now!) I decided to re-install XP Home before trying to re-install Ubuntu. However that workaround may look good until it means that every time the user boots he will have to tun a script to make the touchpad work. Having said that, you found more than I did and Thanks for that. The Ubuntu forum seems to have gone offline for the last few hours so trying to dig deeper has also stopped. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

06-28-2009, 06:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,707 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Hi, I did a little looking and you might be able to add it to the modprobe.d file. That can be found in the /etc/modprobe.d/. You should have a modprobe.conf.dist or a file similar to that which you can add things too. This might help you a little too. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

06-29-2009, 03:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,250 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Thanks for the explanation .. I will call you if I have problems. I;ll be looking into it with an idea to incorporate it into a build I am planning in the meantime there is a 9.10 Karmic Alpha 2 version apparently that has had this bug sorted. However it seems it's early yet and is still in testing / bug fixing stages. An alpha 3 version is expected with most bugs fixed. http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha2 __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

07-05-2009, 06:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,707 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Ubuntu laptop Touchpad problems Glad that you were able to figure this one out. __________________ Linux Forever!