Comment 15 for bug 678103
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| MaverickJesterX (markshanley) wrote Re: Dell Inspiron N5030, Touchpad recognised as generic PS/2 mouse | #15 |
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I noticed this is posted as a low priority. Some people depend on this feature. It has become so common place to be able to scroll in this manner now. You can work much more effectively (arguably and depending on your field of course). I have spent a lot of time working on this bug myself on both Ubuntu and Linux Mint 10. I have been unsuccessful and it seems to me it revolves around a proprietary system the way the PS2 mouse and the trackpad interact. The Ubuntu (or Linux Mint) installs are correct in calling the trackpad a PS2 mouse because that is the first mouse seen by the system as there is a PS2 mouse in these sytems (that little nub between G, H and B keys). The problem is once this mouse is seen that is the end. This I believe is because the PS2 is integrated with the trackpad in some way. So until these drivers get open sourced or someone reverse engineers this hardware then I am afraid it will not be fixed. I am especially sad because I have an awesome machine.
Dell E6510
Quad Core
8GB RAM
500 GB Hard drive
"HD Monitor"1920x1080
Not bad for a laptop.