Synaptics Touchpad problems

[L.V.Gandhi]

On 2/2/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> L.V.Gandhi wrote:
>
> > On 1/30/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Wouldn't surprise me.  Dell has moved from using Synaptics to ALPS.  They
> >> both use the same driver, but the configuration can be slightly different
> >> for the ALPS.
> > I have dell inspiron 600m. Has anybody got touchpad working properly
> > with (k)ubuntu? If so kindly help me what should be done. I have
> > installed kynaptics also. I have kde3.5 and tried but without any
> > sucess.
>
> Assuming it's using the same ALPS touchpad as the 6000, make sure you have
> ksynaptics installed and look
> at /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.alps.  It worked for
> me.
I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf as per the file. but file location in
kubuntu is
vgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ ls -l /usr/share/doc/xorg-driver-synaptics/README.alps
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2248 2004-08-01 09:56
/usr/share/doc/xorg-driver-synaptics/README.alps.
I have also changed server layout and load synaptics as mentioned. I
have configured ksynaptics from system settings. It didn't ask for
sudo. as user I have set it. but it didn't wotk for me in kubuntu with
kde3.51. I have checked for modules
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ cat /boot/config-2.6.12-9-386 |grep CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ cat /boot/config-2.6.12-9-386 |grep
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ cat /boot/config-2.6.12-9-386 |grep CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ sudo lsmod|grep ps
psmouse                26116  0
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$ sudo lsmod|grep ev
dev_acpi               11396  0
joydev                  9280  0
tsdev                   7616  0
evdev                   9088  1
mousedev               10912  1
lvgandhi at lvgdell600m:~$
I am using stock kubuntu kernel. As per above there is no
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS in stock kernel.

Can you give your machine details and also relevent portions of xorg.conf.
How did you config ksynaptics?
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