From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chase Douglas Subject: Re: alps.c patch for Dell E5410? Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:19:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4DB59F29.9000503@canonical.com> References: <4DAF46A2.6050703@mail.usask.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from adelie.canonical.com ([91.189.90.139]:43077 "EHLO adelie.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757587Ab1DYQUB (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:20:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DAF46A2.6050703@mail.usask.ca> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Friesen Cc: dtor@mail.ru, sebastian_kapfer@gmx.net, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org On 04/20/2011 04:48 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've got an E5410 on which I'm trying to get the touchpad working > properly. I'm running Fedora 14 with 2.6.35 and by default it's just > recognized as a mouse. > > I found a patch on the web at: > https://confluence.nau.edu/display/~cmg238@nau.edu/Recognize+ALPS+Touchpad+on+Dell+E6510+in+Ubuntu > > It appears similar (but not identical) to the patch that was added for > the HP Pavilion dm3 but then backed out. > > With the patch applied, the kernel appears to recognize it as a > DualPoint Stick and a DualPoint Touchpad. On this particular machine > the stick doesn't seem to be actually wired up, but the trackpad looks > visually identical to the E6510. > > However, even after it was recognized I haven't yet been able to get > scrolling to work, and "synclient -m 100" doesn't give anything > useful--but various comments have led me to wonder if it actually should > at this point. > > So what's the deal here? Is someone working on getting full support for > these things? Should "synclient -m 100" work? I don't personally have much news to tell you. I don't have the hardware, and I've been busy with other work. I won't be able to help out here. -- Chase