Bug#615582: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: vertical scrolling and tapping behave differently with kernel 2.6.32 vs 2.6.37

[Klaus Doering <klaus.doering@bigfoot.com>]

Hi Cyril,

Thank you for your very prompt response. I followed your advise, and have (hopefully successfully) filed the report upstream. The number it was assigned there is Bug 34806.
I haven't found out whether I can use Debian's reportbug tool to sent a report to e.g.  bugs.freedesktop.org ?

Cheers
Klaus


On 27/02/11 18:20, Cyril Brulebois wrote:

Hi Klaus,

Klaus Doering <klaus.doering@bigfoot.com> (27/02/2011):
  

Hi, first time bug-reporter here...
    

:)

  

Sid saw a kernel upgrade from 2.6.32 to 2.6.37 two weeks ago
(?).
    

FWIW, you can see (parts of) the package's history at:
  http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.html

  

Since then the touchpad on my Acer Travelmate 8571 doesn't work
as before: the vertical scroll action sometimes works for one
stroke, and then doesn't respond anymore. Single-tapping doesn't
reliably generate TapButton1 events, but most often TapButton3.
After booting back into kernel 2.6.32, everything is fine again.
    

Alright. I'd suggest your reporting your bug upstream directly, I
guess Peter should be able to tell you what's supposed to happen,
what's buggy, and how to deal with it:
  http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ (product xorg, component Input/synaptics)

(Might be kernel changes, or the driver needing tweaking/configuration
to deal with those.)

Please let us know the bug number afterwards (and/or add me to Cc when
filing the bug).

Thanks already!

KiBi.