Description: Touchpad device is being detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse on a Dell Vostro 3460 laptop. Don't know if this was working before. Additional info: * package version(s) [andres@terpsichore ~]$ pacman -Q -i linux Name : linux Version : 3.5.3-1 URL : http://www.kernel.org/ Licenses : GPL2 Groups : base Provides : kernel26=3.5.3 Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7 Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country Required By : None Conflicts With : kernel26 Replaces : kernel26 Installed Size : 60180.00 KiB Packager : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org> Architecture : x86_64 Build Date : Sun 26 Aug 2012 02:19:02 AM COT Install Date : Sun 02 Sep 2012 03:11:45 PM COT Install Reason : Explicitly installed Install Script : Yes Description : The linux kernel and modules pacman -S -i xorg-server Repository : extra Name : xorg-server Version : 1.12.4-1 URL : http://xorg.freedesktop.org Licenses : custom Groups : xorg Provides : x-server Depends On : libxdmcp libxfont udev libpciaccess libdrm pixman libgcrypt libxau xorg-server-common xf86-input-evdev Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : nvidia-utils<=290.10 Replaces : None Download Size : 1264.70 KiB Installed Size : 3832.00 KiB Packager : Jan de Groot <jgc@archlinux.org> Architecture : x86_64 Build Date : Mon 27 Aug 2012 03:05:53 AM COT MD5 Sum : e7e76bad83d3f6c763e74cc7e6779a6e SHA256 Sum : b44f34cf813a02a562c1629e411c74b2c294c35924a9d405ea890460573edc4f Signatures : Yes Description : Xorg X server * config and/or log files etc. [andres@terpsichore ~]$ xinput ⎡ 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_E4HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)] [andres@terpsichore ~]$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 630M (rev a1) 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) Steps to reproduce: N/A
Created attachment 79581 [details] messages-dmesg-hwinfo-etc.tar.bz2
(In reply to Andres Villarroel from comment #1) > Created attachment 79581 [details] > messages-dmesg-hwinfo-etc.tar.bz2 Hi Andres, I couldn't access your dmesg file, can you reupload it? Thanks!
Dell Vostro 3460 seems to have an ALPS touchpad[1], and following the dmesg from arch[2], it does recognizes the PS/2 controller, without trying any other devices first. So, trying a newer kernel with i8042.debug would help to track down the problem, or at least if tell if the problem was fixed. [1] http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=FGG85 [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31485