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  1. Bug #760142
  2. Comment #34

Comment 34 for bug 760142

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Ladislav Nesnera (nesnera) wrote : Re: Several Ubuntu-certified Dell laptops: ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint configure as PS/2 mouse instead of proper touchpad

Re: #33
Just note: It would be fine have in mind there are HW solutions
with PointStick (Latitude E6410) - http://fotomag.com.ua/stat/tg/AE/165806/11.jpg
and without (Vostro 3750) - http://www.bitdynasty.com/images/comparison/notebooks/Dell/dell-vostro-3750-brownd.jpg
Unfortunately touchpad and PointStick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackpoint#Naming_and_brands) are the same device for xinput therefore François's way turn on/off both

xinput -list (Latitude E6410)
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ImPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ 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)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]