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From: Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@genband.com>
To: Lasse Penttinen <lasse.penttinen@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug 877666] Dell XT2 touchpad not recognized
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:16:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EA9AE06.1030104@genband.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGpevg_d81CwTR=uoDf90iuoTWg6uEiTogO4Bp08fE5Ku9TrxQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/27/2011 01:04 PM, Lasse Penttinen wrote:
> Hello Kernel Devs,
>
> I was asked by Ubuntu team to report this bug upstream (my 1st).
> However the kernel.org bugzilla seems to be down, so mailing list is
> my only alternative. Unfortunately I did not find any template or such
> for reporting via email, so here goes.

Information on reporting bugs is available in the "REPORTING-BUGS" file 
in the kernel source, or online at:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=blob;f=REPORTING-BUGS

> Bug description: The touchpad of Dell XT2 is recognized as a plain
> PS/2 mouse, and therefore any touchpad related settings are not
> available (like disabling it while typing..)
>
> Reproducable: I have reproduced this with Ubuntu 11.10
> (3.0.0-12-generic) and with Fedora 16 beta live CD just to make sure.

Based on the comments at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/550625 it appears 
that you've tried the Ubuntu version of the ALPS touchpad patches by 
Seth Forshee, is that correct?  If so, that's an important data point.

Chris




-- 
Chris Friesen
Software Developer
GENBAND
chris.friesen@genband.com
www.genband.com

      reply	other threads:[~2011-10-27 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <20111026210627.20335.40050.malone@wampee.canonical.com>
     [not found]   ` <CAGpevg-JhuxLp+59N+DUGHUwe3M3qrdyocEfLgtvOE4e8+Uu1A@mail.gmail.com>
2011-10-27 19:04     ` Lasse Penttinen
2011-10-27 19:16       ` Chris Friesen [this message]

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