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

[Anton Shterenlikht]

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?

Thanks

Anton