cannot get touchpad mouse, no psm device, on Dell Precision 3520

[Pete Wright]

On 06/07/2018 14:01, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 01:34:31PM -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
>>
>> On 06/07/2018 13:21, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>>> Please help get touchpad mouse on
>>> Dell Precision 3520.
>>> The usb mouse works fine.
>>
>> pciconf isn't really applicable here i think.  does your dmesg buffer
>> reference any PS/2 devices being detected?  here is CURRENT detecting my
>> synaptics touchpad:
>>
>> $ dmesg|grep psm
>> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
>> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>> psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0
> z> dmesg|grep psm
> z>
>
> Perhaps this relatively modern laptop
> uses a different device for its touchpad?

hrm, looks like it should be a pretty well supported touchpad.  did you 
try updating loader.conf and rebooting to see if it shows up?

it looks like this is the touchpad vendor according to the dell/ubuntu docs:

Aquantia Corp. DLL07A9:01 044E:120B

-pete

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