Touchpad not recognized

[Xianwen Chen]

Hi Peter,

Thanks a lot! I guess I have to wait. ;)

Xianwen



On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Peter Hutterer
<peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> 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