Problems with synaptic touchpad

[Daniel VanStone]

I have been trying to follow this topic but I guess I would respond like
a bug report.
Needs more information.

I have several lappy's running and the mouse pads work fine. 
I even have several Dell machines with the button in the middle of the
keyboard that also works fine.

I do notice different flavors of linux handle drivers slightly different
though, and some antique hardware is not supported, but I don't normally
get older equipment from the store.

My guess is that if the mouse pad does not work have you tried to use a
usb mouse.

I know that it may not be convenient but when a mousepad goes out that
is a common solution. cost wise

Sorry if that doesn't help.

On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 10:12 -0500, Kenneth Adam Miller wrote:
> Matthew Byers: My /etc/X11/xorg.conf is completely flat. There wasn't
> anything in there to begin with.
> 
> Bob: I know that you are probably quite knowledgeable about ubuntu,
> and you might be right. But I can disable the touchpad, and I have
> done this before when I've had both a wireless and the touchpad
> running, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Perhaps I didn't
> get exactly what I should do to fix it, but I think it is something
> that can be resolved.

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