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Hi all,

Hoping someone could point me in the right direction.
The laptop has has Alps pointing device. I'm not to sure which model. I've downloaded the windows drivers, and the only thing related to a model number i could find was:

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DriverOEM        = "Alps Electric"        ; name of the OEM

DriverFamily        = "Mouse"            ; device family (NIC, Storage, Video...)

DriverProduct        = "Touch Pad"            ; Specific Name of device (chipset, for example)

DriverDescription    = "Alps Pointing-device Driver"    ; Description of device (product name, OS or system supported)

DriverOEMVersion    = "8.1200.101.217"        ; OEM-specified version

I've seached the interwebs. And presumeably, the only problem is that the device is not recognized correctly. The psmouse-alps-1.3-alt.tbz dkms package should resolve this. However, in all the related posts i find regarding this, the mouse works, only the buttons do not behave correctly, and guestures don't work(tap to click, scroll).
In my case, the mouse does not work at all. And just to be clear, installing the package does not resolve the issue.

So far the only error messages i've been able find are:

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dmesg| grep mouse

[    0.560582] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice

[  139.607230] psmouse serio1: Failed to reset mouse on isa0060/serio1

[  154.422708] psmouse serio1: Failed to deactivate mouse on isa0060/serio1

[  154.823153] psmouse serio1: Failed to enable mouse on isa0060/serio1

In /dev , I did find an item which seems to be the mouse, and corresponds to the above message:

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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 jun 13 12:45 pci-0000:00:1a.0-usb-0:1.5:1.0-event -> ../event7

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 jun 13 12:45 platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd -> ../event0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 jun 13 12:47 platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse -> ../event12

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 jun 13 12:47 platform-i8042-serio-1-mouse -> ../mouse0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 jun 13 12:45 platform-pcspkr-event-spkr -> ../event5

lsusb

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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0cf3:e004 Atheros Communications, Inc. 

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6473 Microdia

lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

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.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (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 HM75 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)

07:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)

uname -r

Code:

3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64

I've installed the latest kernel from the backports just to make sure, normally i use kernel

Code:

3.2.0-4-amd64

thanks for reading