Thread: Touchpad insanity

hello,

i'm trying synaptics touchpad working on hp dv4-3011. works in windows 7, doesn't work in ubuntu natty, @ log in screen. appears driver installed correctly, , system detects touchpad, see in gpointing , system > preferences > mouse settings. nothing happens when try use it:

root@snagglepuss:~# synclient -m 100
time x y z f w l r u d m multi gl gm gr gdx gdy
0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000

synclient stays no response touch pad.

i've searched forums, , tried following solutions, no luck. i've tried on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/synapticstouchpad

here's else i've tried:

1. make sure touchpad enabled (gpointing app, fn-f9, etc). appears enabled

2. gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true
3. adding shmconfig options /usr/share/x11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

4. installing synaptics-dkms utouch ppa

5. installing hid-multitouch-dkms utouch ppa

6. modifying module params:
sudo -i
echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf

i'm @ end of rope. have advice?

thank

posted colordrops

hello,

i'm trying synaptics touchpad working on hp dv4-3011. works in windows 7, doesn't work in ubuntu natty, @ log in screen. appears driver installed correctly, , system detects touchpad, see in gpointing , system > preferences > mouse settings. nothing happens when try use it:

root@snagglepuss:~# synclient -m 100
time x y z f w l r u d m multi gl gm gr gdx gdy
0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000

synclient stays no response touch pad.

i've searched forums, , tried following solutions, no luck. i've tried on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/synapticstouchpad

here's else i've tried:

1. make sure touchpad enabled (gpointing app, fn-f9, etc). appears enabled

2. gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true
3. adding shmconfig options /usr/share/x11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

4. installing synaptics-dkms utouch ppa

5. installing hid-multitouch-dkms utouch ppa

6. modifying module params:
sudo -i
echo options psmouse proto=exps > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf

i'm @ end of rope. have advice?

thank you

what touchpad model, configuration , driver version have? post output of:

code:

grep -im 1 touchpad /var/log/kern.log

and

code:

grep -i touchpad /var/log/xorg.0.log

and

code:

grep -ia 3 'module synaptics' /var/log/xorg.0.log

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