From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: ALPS touchpad no longer recognizing 'taps' as mouseclick in 3.3-rc3 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:38:25 -0800 Message-ID: <20120213063825.GA28484@kroah.com> References: <20120212164728.GA19629@kroah.com> <20120212201236.GA9389@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20120213022221.GF25382@kroah.com> <20120213051243.GA10056@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:36975 "EHLO out5-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751170Ab2BMGjZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:39:25 -0500 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191A320D6A for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:39:25 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120213051243.GA10056@core.coreip.homeip.net> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 09:12:43PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 06:22:21PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:12:36PM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 08:47:28AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > This problem has been since 3.3-rc1, but I only now am getting around to > > > > reporting it, sorry about that. > > > > > > > > In 3.3-rc3, my alps touchpad isn't recognizing a tap on the touchpad as > > > > a mouse click. Is there a new Kconfig option that I need to enable? > > > > > > > > My /proc/bus/input/devices entry for this thing is: > > > > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7326 > > > > N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" > > > > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > > > > S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6 > > > > U: Uniq= > > > > H: Handlers=mouse1 event6 > > > > B: PROP=8 > > > > B: EV=b > > > > B: KEY=e420 70000 0 0 0 0 > > > > B: ABS=260800001000003 > > > > > > > > Is there anything else you need me to report to help track this down? > > > > > > > > > > Please make sure you have xorg-x11-drv-synaptics installed and then > > > check if tap to click is enabled in your DE. I think Gnome for some > > > reason has it off my default. > > > > Is this a new thing for the 3.3 kernel? I ask as 3.2 and older kernels > > work just fine this way. I can do a 'git bisect' to track it down to a > > specific patch if that will help out. > > No, there is no need. I am pretty sure pre-3.3 your touchpad worked in > PS/2 compatibility mode; in 3.3 we merged support for native multitouch > protocol so your touchpad works in absolute mode, can support various > gestures (vertical/hrizontal scroll, user-selected sensitivity, etc.) > and is recognozed as a proper touchpad by the entire stack. For some > reason though Gnome has disabled tap to click for touchpads by default. > I do not remember what is the default for KDE. > > Hope this helps. Yes, that solved it, thanks. The Gnome setting is in the Mouse/Trackpad option in gnome-control-center. I have a feeling you are going to get a lot of emails about this issue when 3.3 is released, good luck :) greg k-h