Getting the touchpad to work in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Open a terminal and type this:

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

This should ask you for your password and open the GRUB configuration file.
Now you add i8042.nomux=1 at the end of theese lines:

kopt=root=blablabla ro i8042.nomux=1
...
defoptions=quiet splash i8042.nomux=1
...
title  Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root  (hd0,6)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=8b094197-a280-44ce-9f1f-0355ae2541ef ro quiet splash i8042.nomux=1
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet

NOTE: You need to add this to the line(s) of the kernel(s) you are currently using AND you have to add if after EVERY kernel upgrade.

Thanks to niglch for posting this information on Ubuntuforums

What works out of the box in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex and what doesn't

What works:
Bluetooth
Sound
USB
Ethernet
Card reader
Graphics (you need to download the driver via the restricted driver manager found in System > Administration > Hardware Drivers)
Wireless (Same as above ie. you need to plug in an ethernet cable and install the driver before you can use wireless) *

What doesn't:
Touchpad GUIDE
Microphone

Haven't tested at this time:
Firewire
HDMI
VGA
Webcam

*I find that the driver which the restricted driver manager installs is quite slow, so i installed the windows driver via ndiswrapper (guide coming)

My System Specifications

This is my first post and i thought you guys could use this as a reference to my guides if they don't work due to my hardware differing from yours.

CPU: Core2Duo T8300 (2,4 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache)
GPU: Geforce Go 8600M GT, 256 MB
WiFi: Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/b/g-minicard
Bluetooth: Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0
Features:

• 2.0 Megapixel webcam
• Digital microphone
• Fingerprint reader

That is all
/eZtaR