Alps Touchpad Ubuntu Linux Configuration 
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I made my Toshiba Satellite into a dual-boot XP / Ubuntu Linux system. But in when running in Ubuntu, the touchpad was very quirky–it was almost impossible to control the movement of the mouse pointer.
Searching the internet, I came across some links about Ubuntu and touchpads that pointed me to the /proc/bus/input/devices and /etc/X11/xorg.conf files. My /proc/bus/input/devices file contains the following entry:
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7321
N: Name=”AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint”
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
H: Handlers=mouse1 event2 ts1
B: EV=f
B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
B: ABS=1000003
My original /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (the one created when I installed Ubuntu), contained the following section:
Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad”
Driver “synaptics”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “true”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Protocol” “auto-dev”
Option “HorizScrollDelta” “0″
EndSection
So, my devices list identified an ALPS GlidePoint touchpad, but the XWindows configuration was using the drivers for a Synaptics touchpad.
Their comments
Hi, my name is Nicola..
i’ve the same your problem.. and i don’t know how to solve it!!
please! ..somebody help me!! :D
Nicola () - 14 06 07 - 08:18
