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How do I enable my synaptics trackpad?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Inspiron 15R, but the touchpad (manufactured by Alps) is recognized as a normal mouse, so it won't let me do multi-touch gestures such as scroll and zoom as Windows does.
I tried to install synaptics touchpad following this post: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad but it doesn't work for me. I copied the following from my installation process:
shuoshen@shuoshen-Inspiron-N5110:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i synaptics-dkms_1.1.1_all.deb [sudo] password for shuoshen: (Reading database ... 164789 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace synaptics-dkms 1.1.1 (using synaptics-dkms_1.1.1_all.deb) ...
------------------------------ Deleting module version: 1.1.1 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. Unpacking replacement synaptics-dkms ... Removing old module source... Setting up synaptics-dkms (1.1.1) ... Loading new synaptics-1.1.1 DKMS files...
Loading tarball for synaptics-1.1.1
DKMS: ldtarball Completed.
Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/synaptics/1.1.1/source -> /usr/src/synaptics-1.1.1
DKMS: add Completed. Installing prebuilt kernel module binaries (if any) Building module...
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
Building module: cleaning build area..... make KERNELRELEASE=3.0.0-12-generic -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/build SUBDIRS=/var/lib/dkms/synaptics/1.1.1/build modules.....(bad exit status: 2) ERROR (dkms apport): binary package for synaptics: 1.1.1 not found Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/synaptics/1.1.1/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing synaptics-dkms (--install): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: synaptics-dkms
How can I enable multi-touch?
