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From: Robert van Geerenstein <info@r15n.nl>
To: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, Tommy Will <tommywill2011@gmail.com>,
	Justin Clift <jclift@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720] Synaptics touchpad recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:56:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52B8875F.9060705@r15n.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJiQ=7CG-C4RR7xO_W+SKai-fLKr6xutAn5L0omuLgDPhBtFHg@mail.gmail.com>

On 23-12-2013 19:47, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Robert van Geerenstein <info@r15n.nl> wrote:
>> My touchpad is detected as a PS/2 Generic Mouse on my Dell Inspiron 7720
>> (17R SE).
>> It only has the functionality of a generic mouse (movement, left clik, right
>> click) and no scrolling or multitouch.
> Hmm, doesn't this laptop have an ALPS Dolphin V2 touchpad (not Synaptics)?
>
> Tommy and Justin were working on this a while back.  There are a few
> patches in the list archives that you could try out.  I believe
> they're mostly ready for merging except for one remaining issue with
> the trackstick.
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Hmm, looks like you're right. :/
Didn't even notice after all this time, guess back when I made the 
bugreport on launchpad I was all over the place trying to get it to work.

I'll go ahead and see if I can find anything in the archives that might 
get it to work.

Good to hear they're mostly ready for merging though.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-23 18:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-23 18:20 [Dell Inspiron 17R SE 7720] Synaptics touchpad recognized as PS/2 Generic Mouse Robert van Geerenstein
2013-12-23 18:47 ` Kevin Cernekee
2013-12-23 18:56   ` Robert van Geerenstein [this message]
2013-12-24  1:04     ` Tommy Will
2013-12-24  9:45       ` Robert van Geerenstein

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