Bug 616243

Summary: Trackpad on Dell Precision M4500 not recognized
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: linux4fun <bugs>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 13CC: accounts+redhat, alex, anton, bugs, dougsland, gansalmon, itamar, jhughes, jonathan, jvcelak, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Description linux4fun 2010-07-19 21:40:17 UTC 
Description of problem:
The trackpad of Dell Precision M4500 is not recognized as such, but instead, as a PS/2 Generic Mouse, thus it is not possible to use scrolling ...


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Might be linked to Bug #590880 however I do not have the technical knowledge to make the checks, debug the module and retrieve the device code.

How reproducible:
Always

Actual results:
The trackpad and track stick have basic mouse functionalities and are not
visible via synclient.

Additional info:
# synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
# grep ALPS  /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(nothing found)
Comment 1 Johnny Hughes 2010-08-13 16:28:26 UTC 
This patch has been added upstream:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/118834/
Comment 2 Chuck Ebbert 2010-08-17 04:18:39 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> This patch has been added upstream:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/118834/

That patch is not even in input.git yet.
Comment 3 Alex Tucker 2010-09-09 14:10:49 UTC 
I've just applied the patch referenced in comment #2 to kernel-2.6.34.6-47.fc13.src.rpm, and it works fine for me on my DELL Precision M4500, enabling the scrolling functions.
Comment 4 Alex Tucker 2010-09-09 20:39:03 UTC 
Having said that, and now having gone through a suspend/resume cycle, the mouse pointer went crazy on resume, so I don't think it's quite there yet.
Comment 5 Jan Vcelak 2010-11-02 12:08:18 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 590880 ***