I am trying to enable touchpad multitouch/scrolling in Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron 5720 (17R). By default after installation it had the following settings (xinput results):
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101b id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
So I followed this tutorial: https://askubuntu.com/a/211755/113496
After installing the package stated there using install.sh here is installation log:
konnigun@konnigun-Inspiron-5720:/usr/src/psmouse-alps-dst-0.4$ sudo bash ./install.sh MAIN: Driver source files by Dave Turvene. Install script by garyF. MAIN: Removing previous versions of psmouse-alps-dst... -------- Uninstall Beginning -------- Module: psmouse Version: alps-dst-0.4 Kernel: 3.2.0-35-generic (x86_64) ------------------------------------- Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel. psmouse.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.2.0-35-generic/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. depmod......... DKMS: uninstall completed. ------------------------------ Deleting module version: alps-dst-0.4 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. MAIN: Building current driver from source files... Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/psmouse/alps-dst-0.4/source -> /usr/src/psmouse-alps-dst-0.4 DKMS: add completed. Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... make KERNELRELEASE=3.2.0-35-generic -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-35-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/psmouse/alps-dst-0.4/build/src psmouse.ko...... cleaning build area.... DKMS: build completed. MAIN: Installing the driver psmouse: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.0-35-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod.... DKMS: install completed. rmmod psmouse, wait=no insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-35-generic/updates/dkms/psmouse.ko MAIN: Done installing. Go to System Settings > Mouse and Touchpad to configure :-)
My touchpad got totally disabled. I mean, it doesnt work at all. But xinput now gives the following:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101b id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PS/2 Mouse id=14 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
But touchpad doesn't work. What can I do to fix it? Thanks alot =)
UPD:
After updating Kernel from 3.2 to 3.5 it began working but in a very strange way: only scrolling and Fn+F3 began to work. Scrolling is working very strange. Nothing else works (I mean no two-finger scrolling and stuff like that). So basically I have a usual touchpad behavior now + scrolling.