Bug#464662: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Synaptics touchpad not auto-detected on HP 2510p laptop
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Version: 0.14.7~git20070706-2.1
Followup-For: Bug #464662
I installed X.Org on my new laptop yesterday and had the same problem:
the Synaptics touchpad was/is not automatically detected.
The touchpad did work as a basic mouse, but for example edge scrolling
did not work. Only after manually adding an extra InputDevice section
and a ServerLayout section did the touchpad work as it is supposed to.
It also made the cursor a lot smoother. Initially the cursor would
continuously move up and down a few pixels when there was no finger
movement. This made it very difficult to select items correctly.
I think this is likely to affect a lot more users than bug reports may
indicate. Because the touchpad does work to some extend a lot of users
will probably think it is recognized and never realize that it is not
configured correctly.
IMO this issue should be looked into before the release of Lenny!
Cheers,
FJP
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-synaptics depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-3 Xorg X server - core server
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics recommends no packages.
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-synaptics suggests:
pn gsynaptics | ksynaptics | qsy <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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