ETPS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad loses synchronization

"psmouse.c: ETF1059 Click-Pad at isa0060/serio1/input0 lost synchronization, throwing 5 bytes away."
I have a Samsung RF511 notebook with a Elantech touchpad. Using the default psmouse.ko the touchpad is detected but I have this synchronization issue. My mouse and keyboard are both using the i8042 controller, but the kernel command "i8042.nomux=1 i8042.reset" did not fix the issue.
Loading the psmouse kernel using the imps protocol (proto=imps) fix the synchronization issue, but with imps the touchpad is detected as a generic mouse thus I do not have multitouch (I can not live without vertical two fingers scrolling).
I have already read a lot about this issue on the Internet and tried a lot of suggestions, none seemed to work. Is there anything else I should try?

Same notebook and same problem here, but no solution.
Additionally I get these messages on boot every once in a while:
psmouse serio1: elantech: synaptics_send_cmd query 0x01 failed.
psmouse serio1: elantech: failed to query firmware version.
This leads to synclient not recognising my touchpad.

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It's been a long time since I had to play around with Xorg configuration. As far as I can tell, the synaptics.conf entries should match the device, since they have a fairly generic match on any /dev/input/event*, which includes this device.
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[ 1.565355] 2.6.2X-Elan-touchpad-2011-04-12
[ 1.676005] elantech.c: PSMOUSE_CMD_RESET_BAT param[0]=aa param[1]=0 param[2]=0
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[ 14.379497] input: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf left at the default.
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
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Identifier "touchpad catchall"
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Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
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# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
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EndSection
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# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
Added /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf, since 50-synaptics.conf suggests creating a separate file for individual configuration. More or less the suggested configuration from the Touchpad Synaptics wiki article, adjusted slightly for what I had on my other laptop and match my touchpad preference.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "3"
Option "TapButton3" "2"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8"
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0"
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Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "off"
EndSection
Relevant Xorg.0.log:
[ 7398.871] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad (/dev/input/event17)
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 7398.871] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad'
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: always reports core events
[ 7398.871] (**) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Device: "/dev/input/event17"
[ 7398.871] (--) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x1
[ 7398.871] (--) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 7398.871] (--) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Found relative axes
[ 7398.871] (--) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Found x and y relative axes
[ 7398.871] (II) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Configuring as mouse
[ 7398.871] (**) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 7398.871] (**) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 7398.871] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input9/event17"
[ 7398.871] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad" (type: MOUSE, id 14)
[ 7398.871] (II) evdev: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: initialized for relative axes.
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 7398.871] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 7398.871] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad (/dev/input/mouse2)
[ 7398.871] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 7398.871] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
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[ 9640.197] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad'
[ 9640.197] (**) PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: always reports core events
[ 9640.197] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event17"
[ 9640.295] (EE) synaptics: PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad: Synaptics driver unable to detect protocol
[ 9640.295] (EE) PreInit returned 11 for "PS/2 Elantech ETF1059 Click-Pad"
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The settings can be set on-the-fly by using synclient, i.e. to set FingerLow to 15:
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also see: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117109

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http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/Synaptics-touchpad-erratic-cursor-behaviour/m-p/12384...
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Help configuring Elantech touchpad

Hi,
I've an Elantech touchpad identified as this:
$lshal
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ETD0001'
info.linux.driver = 'i8042 aux' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string)
info.product = 'PnP Device (ETD0001)' (string)
info.subsystem = 'pnp' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ETD0001' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'pnp' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pnp0/00:05' (string)
pnp.id = 'ETD0001' (string)
It works but I cant figure out how to configure it.
I used the hal fdi config file as described in the wiki, but after hal restart (and also after reboot) the settings are not taken into account.
BTW the kcontrol touchpad settings management is not configurable (buttons are grey and no way to tick or click)
If someone has the same device and know about configuring it, please tell!!
Here ise the method I used :
$ sudo cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-synaptics.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
$ sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
// I tried to turn off two finger scrolling and event the whole touchpad
// <merge key="input.x11_options.touchpadoff" type="string">1</merge>
// <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">false</merge>
// <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge>
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart
Nothing had changed in the touchpad config...
full file:
$ nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
// nano
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.product" contains="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad">
<append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">input.touchpad</append>
</match>
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>


</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
Last edited by florut (2010-02-20 14:02:54)

#!/bin/sh
# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
# NOTE: This is a 2.6-centric script. If you use 2.4.x, you'll have to
# modify it to not use /sys
minspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq`
maxspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq`
setspeed="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed"
set $*
getXuser() {
user=`pinky| grep -m1 ":$displaynum " | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ x"$user" != x"" ]; then
userhome=`getent passwd $user | cut -d: -f6`
export XAUTHORITY=$userhome/.Xauthority
else
export XAUTHORITY=""
fi
getXconsole() {
console=`fgconsole`;
displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`
if [ x"$displaynum" != x"" ]; then
export DISPLAY=":$displaynum"
getXuser
fi
case "$1" in
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/sleep)
case "$2" in
SLPB) echo -n mem >/sys/power/state ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start
00000001)
echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
battery)
case "$2" in
BAT0)
case "$4" in
00000000) #echo "offline" >/dev/tty5
00000001) #echo "online" >/dev/tty5
esac
CPU0)
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/lid)
#echo "LID switched!">/dev/tty5
hotkey)
event="$2"\ "$3"
case "$event" in
"ATKD 0000002"*)
acpi_fakekey 224
brightness=`echo $3 | sed 's/0000002//'`
setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=${brightness}f
/home/dominik/bin/brightness.sh $brightness &
"ATKD 0000001"*)
acpi_fakekey 225
brightness=`echo $3 | sed 's/0000001//'`
setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=${brightness}f
/home/dominik/bin/brightness.sh $brightness &
"ATKD 0000006b")
logger "ACPI action: toggle touchpad"
getXconsole
# get the id of the touchpad
XINPUTNUM=`xinput list "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" | sed -n -e's/.*id=$[0-9]\+$.*/\1/p'`
# get the current state of the touchpad
TPSTATUS=`xinput list-props $XINPUTNUM | awk '/Device Enabled/ { print $NF }'`
echo $XINPUTNUM > /home/dominik/test
# if getting the status failed, exit
test -z $TPSTATUS && exit 1
if [ $TPSTATUS = 0 ]; then
xinput set-prop $XINPUTNUM "Device Enabled" 1
else
xinput set-prop $XINPUTNUM "Device Enabled" 0
fi
esac
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
esac
Well, it doesn't work anymore. Running the commands which determine the value of XINPUTNUM and TPSTATUS works just perfect, which leads me to think that getXconsole is broken...
EDIT
getXconsole() {
console=`fgconsole`;
displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`
if [ x"$displaynum" != x"" ]; then
export DISPLAY=":$displaynum"
getXuser
fi
was the culprit. " tty$console" should be " tty $console".
Last edited by Arthenik (2010-10-14 16:29:03)

Touchpad click for using trackpoint in ubuntu

hello, i have problem with pointer
i use thinkpad e440 and as you know, there is no additional click button for trackpoint.
instead, clicking top-right side of touchpad act as right click, top-middle side of touchpad act as scroll.
but in ubuntu, whole area of touchpad clicking work as left click.
also, in windows 7, while using trackpoint, touching trackpad doesn't move pointer
but ubuntu doesnt support that.
i tried disabling touchpad but clicking doesnt work at all
i'm sorry about my poor english writing, i hope you guys can understand this and give some help

Here is the list:
ian@ian-ThinkPad-L430:~$ xinput -list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Optical Mouse id=9 [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)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
ian@ian-ThinkPad-L430:~$
I have tried enabling XTEST pointer, and disabling Elantech Touchpad with no success.

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