Bug 895065

Summary:	ALPS trackpad in E6530 Dell laptops (amongst others) is not properly recognised by the Kernel.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Andrew Meredith <andrew>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	18	CC:	gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Description Andrew Meredith 2013-01-14 12:58:13 UTC

Description of problem:
ALPS trackpad in new Dell laptops is not properly recognised by the Kernel.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bring up the mouse configuration dialog
2. Look for the usual controls for two finger scrolling
  
Actual results:
None seen

Expected results:
Controls like those on older Dell laptop models will be seen.

Additional info:
Known issue in Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/606238

Thread complaining about Dell#s lack of response on this issue: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3525/p/19455247/20215085.aspx

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2013-01-14 14:41:41 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 812111 ***