Synaptics drivers are not loading on Kubuntu 13.10 on Dell Vostro 2420

[alokmahor]

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I freshly installed Kubuntu 13.10, 32 bit version on newly purchased Dell Vostro 2420. everything is working fine except scrolling and multitouch features through touchpad. I am able to change position of cursor using touchpad and able to tap (single click and double click) but scrolling is not working

I tried to find out solution by searching on google but could not find proper solution to load synaptics drivers.

i am listing some details: Laptop: Dell Vostro 2420 Linux Kernel version and distribution: 3.11.0-12-generic, Kubuntu 13.10

output of xinput list is

⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Generic Mouse id=12 [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)]
↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

Output of synclient -l is

Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?


xserver log and dmesg dont have trace of synaptics

kindly tell me how to troubleshoot this problem.

[SteveRiley]

Please upload /var/log/Xorg.0.log to http://pastebin.ubuntu.com and reply here with the URL. Let's take a look at what Udev thinks is in your machine.

[alokmahor]

Xorg.0.log is at http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/6676852/

[SteveRiley]

What's the output of

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

I bet it shows "generic mouse" (or something similar) rather than "Synaptics TouchPad."

Google reveals many reports of problems with Dell laptops and touchpads on *buntu. I'd like to check something else. What's the output of

ll /var/lib/dkms

ll /etc/modprobe.d

[alokmahor]

my problem has solved by downloading and installing http://www.dahetral.com/public-download
Thank you