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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #191024
  2. Comment #50

Comment 50 for bug 191024

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Mariusz Domański (mario.7) wrote : Re: Synaptics touchpad not detected

Today my touchpad was recognized as a PS/2 Generic Mouse...
I have made a HAL rule to change the name and input.capabilities for thouchpad but Xserver didn't use these new settings. Reloading psmouse module helped.

You can also try to change HAL info.

Use the file attached to this message and change few things in it:
1. Change string in "match" tag to fit your situation (use the misdetected name which is shown in info.product in lshal touchpad output). FriedChicken, for example you should type there "PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" instead of "PS/2 Generic Mouse".
2. Change both "merge" tags with the proper name of your touchpad. For ALPS it should be "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" and for Synaptics it should be "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"

Now you can place the file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
and restart HAL: sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart
you can check now lshal if there are any changes (should be ;) ).

You can also restart Xserver now but in my case that didn't change anything. But you can always try.
Maybe reloading psmouse module will now work?