I had similar problem with a Dell Inspiron n5110, Alps touchpad. I bought it last october, and by then this psmouse-alps package didn't exist, so I got vertical scrolling to work using this module instead: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51343 But now I'm using kernel 3.1.8 and psmouse-alps package, and everything is perfect. I've been holding the linux package from upgrading until kernel 3.3 is on core. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 17:39, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to get a laptop touchpad working properly with arch fully > up to date as of today. The machine is a recent Dell Vostro and has an > Alps touchpad. I can't get vertical scrolling to work in KDE, and the > mouse cursor occasionally moves erratically. > > I have seen previous posts some time back recommending installing the > psmouse-alps package from AUR, and indeed it would appear that the 3.3 > kernel may have a working psmouse module. However for the moment with > kernel 3.2.5 the touchpad is detected as P/S 2 Generic - instead of > the correct detection. > > I have tried installing psmouse-alps and rebooting but it made no > difference so I uninstalled it again. > > the Xorg log has: > > [ 16.850] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse > (/dev/inpu > t/event8) > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer > catchal > l" > [ 16.850] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'PS/2 Generic Mouse' > [ 16.850] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: always reports core events > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event8" > [ 16.850] (--) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons > [ 16.850] (--) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found relative axes > [ 16.850] (--) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Found x and y relative axes > [ 16.850] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: Configuring as mouse > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, > EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200 > [ 16.850] (**) Option "config_info" > "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8/event8" > [ 16.850] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Generic > Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 12) > [ 16.850] (II) PS/2 Generic Mouse: initialized for relative axes. > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 > [ 16.850] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0 > [ 16.851] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000 > [ 16.851] (**) PS/2 Generic Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4 > [ 16.851] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Generic Mouse > (/dev/input/mouse0) > [ 16.851] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device. > [ 16.851] (II) This device may have been added with another device file. > > Does anyone have current experience with this issue and know the best > way to work around the problem until the 3.3 kernel is released? > > Thanks > > -- > mike c >
