Problem with touchpad

[eXtremeDevil]

Hi, I'm new here, I hope I can learn new things about this great OS, because I only know a few.

I usually learn on my own searching and reading on the net, and 99% of the times I fix the upcoming problems by myself. But this time I need help.

The thing is my touchpad is not correctly recognized. I can use it (only the basics, not multitouch) and disable it with "Touchpad Indicator", but there's no touchpad option in input devices in system settings. If I install "kde-config-touchpad" the option appears but return me this error "no touchpad found". The synaptic driver is correctly installed so I don't know where the problem is.

Now some info of my OS:

It's not technically Kubuntu, it's some distro of my region here in Spain that uses Ubuntu 11.10 as the base. Then I installed all the KDE things. What I'm trying to say is that this is not a clean installation of Kubuntu 11.10. Maybe that's the problem but no, I don't want to change the OS, I like this distro for my own reasons so let's try to fix this error without reinstalling

I use the latest kernel, 3.3.2, and I also have 3.3.1, 3.0.0.17 and 3.0.0.16. That last one is the one that came with the installation, the 3.0.0.17 one was an update and the newest, well, I installed them myself.

The distro's name is "Guadalinex v8", if someone wanted to know

I'll provide you guys with all the info you need.

Thanks in advance

[GreyGeek]

Post the output of:

sudo lshw

and

sudo lspci

here.

[eXtremeDevil]

Here you go:

sudo lshw:

guadalinex-v8             
    description: Notebook
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5336AN sku=VW773EC#ABE uuid=90C1329E-A4C4-DF11-911B-E080B300C087
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 1413
       vendor: Hewlett-Packard
       physical id: 0
       version: KBC Version 57.30
       serial: 2CE03806SH
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Hewlett-Packard
          physical id: a
          version: 68AZZ Ver. F.0A
          date: 08/26/2010
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 2496KiB
          capabilities: pci pcmcia upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU        P4500  @ 1.87GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 0
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.5.2
          serial: 0002-0652-0000-0000-0000-0000
          slot: CPU 1
          size: 1066MHz
          capacity: 1866MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 133MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm popcnt lahf_lm arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq
          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=0 threads=2
        *-cache:0
             description: L3 cache
             physical id: 1
             slot: Unknown
             size: 2MiB
             capacity: 2MiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 3
             slot: Unknown
             size: 256KiB
             capacity: 256KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified
        *-cache:2
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 2
             slot: Unknown
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:2
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.3
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:3
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.4
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:4
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.5
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:5
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.6
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:6
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.7
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:7
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.8
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:8
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.9
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:9
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.a
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:10
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.b
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:11
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.c
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:12
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.d
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:13
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.e
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:14
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.f
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:15
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.10
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 4
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 3GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0,8 ns)
             product: M471B2873FHS-CH9
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 79DF2A0A
             slot: Top-Slot 1(top)
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0,8 ns)
             product: HP594908-HR1-ELD
             vendor: Kingston
             physical id: 1
             serial: 791DE725
             slot: Top-Slot 2(under)
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 12
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 12
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:46 memory:d0000000-d03fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5030(size=8)
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei latency=0
             resources: irq:47 memory:d4904000-d490400f
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:d4909000-d49093ff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:48 memory:d4900000-d4903fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 memory:d4800000-d48fffff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=8192) memory:d0800000-d47fffff ioport:bc100000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 memory:d0700000-d07fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
                vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:43:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 1c:65:9d:3d:38:95
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.3.2-030302-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.107 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                resources: irq:19 memory:d0700000-d070ffff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:43 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:d0600000-d06fffff ioport:d0400000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:44:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 03
                serial: d4:85:64:ed:69:64
                size: 10Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                resources: irq:45 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d0404000-d0404fff memory:d0400000-d0403fff memory:d0420000-d043ffff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:20 memory:d4908000-d49083ff
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: a6
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
             resources: memory:d0500000-d05fffff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:44 ioport:5028(size=8) ioport:503c(size=4) ioport:5020(size=8) ioport:5038(size=4) ioport:5000(size=32) memory:d4907000-d49077ff
        *-generic UNCLAIMED
             description: Signal processing controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:d4906000-d4906fff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.1
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QPI Link 0
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.0
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor QPI Physical 0
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.1
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor Reserved
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.2
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor Reserved
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.3
          version: 02
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: TOSHIBA MK2556GS
             vendor: Toshiba
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: LH00
             serial: 9041PKUFT
             size: 232GiB (250GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=56ceab1e
           *-volume:0
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /media/SYSTEM
                version: 3.1
                serial: 74b868a6-8d29-8b4c-b6d9-0c3e486b2ff3
                size: 298MiB
                capacity: 300MiB
                capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-06-06 03:24:45 filesystem=ntfs label=SYSTEM mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                logical name: /Datos
                version: 3.1
                serial: 0497b75f-e90e-cd47-8395-6c373b4827c2
                size: 78GiB
                capacity: 78GiB
                capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-06-06 02:41:59 filesystem=ntfs label=Windows mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
           *-volume:2
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 3
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                logical name: /dev/sda3
                logical name: /Windows
                version: 3.1
                serial: f0c9e783-aaa9-c341-bb43-308d31813391
                size: 121GiB
                capacity: 121GiB
                capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-08-23 13:31:47 filesystem=ntfs label=Datos mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
           *-volume:3
                description: Extended partition
                physical id: 4
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
                logical name: /dev/sda4
                size: 33GiB
                capacity: 33GiB
                capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
              *-logicalvolume:0
                   description: Linux filesystem partition
                   physical id: 5
                   logical name: /dev/sda5
                   logical name: /
                   capacity: 30GiB
                   configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,commit=600,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
              *-logicalvolume:1
                   description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                   physical id: 6
                   logical name: /dev/sda6
                   capacity: 2891MiB
                   capabilities: nofs
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: DVDRAM GT30L
             vendor: hp
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom1
             logical name: /dev/cdrw1
             logical name: /dev/dvd1
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw1
             logical name: /dev/scd0
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             logical name: /media/AQUI_NO_HAY_DISCO9
             version: mP04
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=udf mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=77,dmode=500,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted status=ready
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom1
                logical name: /media/AQUI_NO_HAY_DISCO9
                configuration: mount.fstype=udf mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=77,dmode=500,iocharset=utf8 state=mounted
  *-battery
       product: PH09093
       vendor: Conexant (Rockwell)
       physical id: 1
       slot: Primary
       capacity: 8400mWh
       configuration: voltage=11,1V

sudo lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
43:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
44:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$

Thanks.

[SecretCode]

Well I have a working touchpad, which appears in Input Devices as "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" ... but nothing like that appears in lspci or lsusb or sudo lshw. So I wonder how the touchpad is actually presented to the system? I feel that discovering this is crucial to helping with this problem ...

When you say "The synaptic driver is correctly installed", do you mean /usr/bin/synaptiks provided by package kde-config-touchpad?

It can't be a hardware switch (which some laptops usefully provide) since you are getting the basic mouse functions working.

[eXtremeDevil]

Yes, I have that package installed and also the package "xserver-xorg-input-synaptics". That's the driver, right? What else can I do to help you guys to solve the problem?

Thanks.

[eXtremeDevil]

Anyone?

[SecretCode]

I'm still stuck at the point of wondering what command reveals / diagnoses how the system sees a touchpad (since lsusb, lspci and lshw appear not to). Anyone?

Meanwhile, I had one thought ... does your BIOS have any settings regarding the touchpad?

[SteveRiley]

The kernel sees these things as serial devices. Try:

udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse1

Another tool is xinput. Issue the command by itself to see a short list of all devices managed by X. Then for detailed info:

xinput list --long [i]nn[/i]

where nn is the device ID number assigned to your touchpad.

[SecretCode]

Thanks (as ever) Steve - that's the answer.

I get

$ udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse1
P: /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8/mouse1
N: input/mouse1
S: input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-4-mouse
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input8/mouse1
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=33
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/mouse1
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_TOUCHPAD=1
E: ID_SERIAL=noserial
E: ID_PATH=platform-i8042-serio-4
E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-i8042-serio-4
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-4-mouse

(and ...mouse0 is my external USB mouse)

and

$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                  id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB RECEIVER                     id=10   [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)]
    ↳ Asus Laptop extra buttons                 id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB 2.0 Camera                            id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]

$ xinput list --long 14
ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                        id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)]
        Reporting 7 classes:
                Class originated from: 14
                Buttons supported: 12
                Button labels: Button Left Button Middle Button Right Button Wheel Up Button Wheel Down Button Horiz Wheel Left Button Horiz Wheel Right None None None None None
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 14
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: 8.000000 - 1144.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 14
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: 8.000000 - 760.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 14
                Multitouch capable (max 4 touches):
                  Mode: Dependent Touch
                Class originated from: 14
                Detail for Touch Valuator 0:
                  Label: Abs MT Position X
                  Range: 8.000000 - 1144.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                Class originated from: 14
                Detail for Touch Valuator 1:
                  Label: Abs MT Position Y
                  Range: 8.000000 - 760.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                Class originated from: 14
                Detail for Touch Valuator 2:
                  Label: Abs MT Tracking ID
                  Range: 0.000000 - 65535.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m

@ eXtremeDevil - what does your system say?

[eXtremeDevil]

udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse1

P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input12/mouse1
N: input/mouse1
S: input/by-id/usb-PixArt_USB_Optical_Mouse-mouse
S: input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.4:1.0-mouse
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input12/mouse1
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=33
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/mouse1
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1
E: ID_VENDOR=PixArt
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=PixArt
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=093a
E: ID_MODEL=USB_Optical_Mouse
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=USB\x20Optical\x20Mouse
E: ID_MODEL_ID=2510
E: ID_REVISION=0100
E: ID_SERIAL=PixArt_USB_Optical_Mouse
E: ID_TYPE=hid
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:030102:
E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
E: ID_USB_DRIVER=usbhid
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.4:1.0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_1a_0-usb-0_1_4_1_0
E: ICON=mouse
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/input/by-id/usb-PixArt_USB_Optical_Mouse-mouse /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.4:1.0-mouse

xinput list --long nn

unable to find device nn

xD

Thanks in advance.

[SecretCode]

Your mouse1 is a USB optical mouse. Try udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse0 , udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse2 etc

And you need to find the device number from

xinput list

with no other parameters

[GreyGeek]

.....

xinput list --long nn

unable to find device nn

xD

That's because you used "nn" literally, when you should have used an integer, usually 14 for mice.

Do
xinput list --long
and look for the mouse listing

@Steve, how many decades have you used Linux? :eek:

[SteveRiley]

@Steve, how many decades have you used Linux? :eek:

I'd estimate 0.25 decade. Why?

[eXtremeDevil]

There's all:

extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$ udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse0
P: /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7/mouse0
N: input/mouse0
S: input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-4-mouse
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input7/mouse0
E: MAJOR=13
E: MINOR=32
E: DEVNAME=/dev/input/mouse0
E: SUBSYSTEM=input
E: ID_INPUT=1
E: ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1
E: ID_SERIAL=noserial
E: ID_PATH=platform-i8042-serio-4
E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-i8042-serio-4
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-4-mouse

extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$ udevadm info --query=all --name=input/mouse2 etc
device node not found
extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                   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)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Villem                                    id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP WMI hotkeys                            id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$ xinput list --long 11
PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                         id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
        Reporting 3 classes:
                Class originated from: 11
                Buttons supported: 5
                Button labels: Button Left Button Middle Button Right Button Wheel Up Button Wheel Down
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative

extremedevil@Guadalinex-v8:~$ xinput list --long
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
        Reporting 3 classes:
                Class originated from: 11
                Buttons supported: 10
                Button labels: Button Left Button Middle Button Right Button Wheel Up Button Wheel Down Button Horiz Wheel Left Button Horiz Wheel Right None None None
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative

⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
        Reporting 3 classes:
                Class originated from: 4
                Buttons supported: 10
                Button labels: Button Left Button Middle Button Right Button Wheel Up Button Wheel Down Button Horiz Wheel Left Button Horiz Wheel Right None None None
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 4
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 4
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative

⎜   ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                   id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
        Reporting 3 classes:
                Class originated from: 11
                Buttons supported: 5
                Button labels: Button Left Button Middle Button Right Button Wheel Up Button Wheel Down
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: -1.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 1 units/m
                  Mode: relative

⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 10
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 5
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 6
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 7
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 8
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ Villem                                    id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 9
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 10
                Keycodes supported: 248

    ↳ HP WMI hotkeys                            id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
        Reporting 1 classes:
                Class originated from: 12
                Keycodes supported: 248

[SteveRiley]

@eXtremeDevil: I'm looking through your replies. If I'm interpreting correctly:

• input/mouse0 = generic mouse of unidentified type
• input/mouse1 = PixArt USB optical mouse

I suspect that input/mouse0 is in fact your touchpad, but UDEV is, for some reason, not detecting it as such. Therefore, when X sees the touchpad (device=11), it thinks that it's really a generic mouse, and none of a touchpad's typical functions appear. A properly-detected touchpad with multitouch will show these capabilities:

steve@x1:~$ xinput list --long 11
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                      id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
        Reporting 9 classes:
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIButtonClass
                Buttons supported: 12
                Button labels: "Button Left" "Button Middle" "Button Right" "Button Wheel Up" "Button Wheel Down" "Button Horiz Wheel Left" "Button Horiz Wheel Right" None None None None None
                Button state:
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIValuatorClass
                Detail for Valuator 0:
                  Label: Rel X
                  Range: 1472.000000 - 5472.000000
                  Resolution: 73000 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIValuatorClass
                Detail for Valuator 1:
                  Label: Rel Y
                  Range: 1408.000000 - 4448.000000
                  Resolution: 75000 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIValuatorClass
                Detail for Valuator 2:
                  Label: Rel Horiz Scroll
                  Range: 0.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIValuatorClass
                Detail for Valuator 3:
                  Label: Rel Vert Scroll
                  Range: 0.000000 - -1.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: relative
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIValuatorClass
                Detail for Valuator 4:
                  Label: Abs MT Pressure
                  Range: 0.000000 - 255.000000
                  Resolution: 0 units/m
                  Mode: absolute
                  Current value: 0.000000
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIScrollClass
                Scroll info for Valuator 2
                  type: 2 (horizontal)
                  increment: 100.000000
                  flags: 0x0
                Class originated from: 11. Type: XIScrollClass
                Scroll info for Valuator 3
                  type: 1 (vertical)
                  increment: 100.000000
                  flags: 0x0
                Class originated from: 0. Type: XITouchClass
                Touch mode: dependent
                Max number of touches: 2

It might interesting to see the dump of your entire UDEV database. Please run

udevadm info --export-db

Copy the entire output into a new paste at Pastebin.com and let us know the URL.