Touchpad not recognized

[Peter Hutterer]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 09:57:27AM +0200, Xianwen Chen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm runnig Arch Linux X64 on a Dell Latitude E5410. The version of X
> Server is 1.10.1.
> 
> The laptop's touchpad is not recognized as "xinput list" only shows following:
> 
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
> ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎜   ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse                          id=12    [slave  pointer  (2)]

               ^^^^ if you see this line, it usually means the kernel
doesn't support your specific touchpad. That's the part that needs fixing.
Once supported, it's likely to just work.

Cheers,
  Peter

> ⎣ Virtual core keyboard                       id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
>    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard                 id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Power Button                                id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Video Bus                                   id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Power Button                                id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Sleep Button                                id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M                 id=10    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                id=11    [slave  keyboard (3)]
>    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                            id=13    [slave  keyboard (3)]
> 
> xf86-input-synaptics (1.4.0-2) and xf86-input-evdev (2.6.0-3) are
> installed. The system runs on a 2.6.38.2 kernel.
> 
> Does someone have an idea on how to fix the problem? ;)
> 
> Xianwen
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