setting up the touchpad scroll bar?

What works, and doesn't, for you. Be specific, and please include Puppy version.
Post Reply
Message
Author
Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

setting up the touchpad scroll bar?

#1 Post by Nooblet0218 »

My laptop (an emachine m6811) has the right bit of the touchpad set be a 'scrolling' interface, i'm sure you know what i'm talking about. that strip of the pad is usable now, but it only moves the mouse vertically (no horizontal motion whatsoever). I was wondering how to go about enabling it to be used as a scrolling device as it's supposed to be used. I'm running lupu 5.0

User avatar
jemimah
Posts: 4307
Joined: Wed 26 Aug 2009, 19:56
Location: Tampa, FL
Contact:

#2 Post by jemimah »


Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#3 Post by Nooblet0218 »

i open that up and it tells me i don't have a synaptics driver installed. i went to google and confirmed that i do have a synaptics touchpad. there aren't any linux synaptic drivers, should i use ndiswrapper or something to get the windows one working?

User avatar
jemimah
Posts: 4307
Joined: Wed 26 Aug 2009, 19:56
Location: Tampa, FL
Contact:

#4 Post by jemimah »

Hmmm. For Lupu, you probably don't want to install the synclient pet - that one's intended for 4.31. Sorry I didn't think to tell you that earlier. :oops:

I think Lupu already has the synclient (or it did, until you installed the 4.3.1 synclient :( ). At least one person reported success running it on LuPu, so it is possible.

Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#5 Post by Nooblet0218 »

ah :/, so is there anyway to recover the lupu synclient? i'm still getting the same error even after uninstalling the synclient i installed

User avatar
jemimah
Posts: 4307
Joined: Wed 26 Aug 2009, 19:56
Location: Tampa, FL
Contact:

#6 Post by jemimah »

If it's a frugal install, there should be a copy of the original in /initrd/pup_ro2/usr/X11R7/bin/synclient. Copy it to /usr/X11R7/bin/synclient.

Otherwise, you should be able to restore it by copying it out of the SFS file.

You can verify a working version by running 'synclient -l' from the command line.

stu90

#7 Post by stu90 »

Does you mouse work for moving around the screen and double click on menus etc - just the scrolling on the right edge of the touch pad used for moving up and down web pages that doesn't work?

If so maybe try
Menu>Setup> Xorg video wizard - Edit xorg.conf

and adding this to the bottom of - Section "InputDevice":

Code: Select all

Option "TapButton1" "1" 
Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
So it will now look like this:

Code: Select all

Section "InputDevice" 
   Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" 
   Driver "synaptics" 
   Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" 
   Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" 
   Option "LeftEdge" "1700" 
   Option "RightEdge" "5300" 
   Option "TopEdge" "1700" 
   Option "BottomEdge" "4200" 
   Option "FingerLow" "25" 
   Option "FingerHigh" "30" 
   Option "MaxTapTime" "220" 
   Option "MaxTapMove" "220" 
   Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" 
   Option "MinSpeed" "0.30" 
   Option "MaxSpeed" "0.90" 
   Option "AccelFactor" "0.0090" 
   Option "SHMConfig" "on" 
   #Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" 
   Option "TapButton1" "1" 
        Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
if you dont see any of this in xorg.conf try
menu>shutdown>exit to prompts

type: xorgwizard

then run though the setup options and try the above again.

Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#8 Post by Nooblet0218 »

stu90 wrote:Does you mouse work for moving around the screen and double click on menus etc - just the scrolling on the right edge of the touch pad used for moving up and down web pages that doesn't work?
yup thats right, i'll give that solution a try

Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#9 Post by Nooblet0218 »

stu90 wrote:Does you mouse work for moving around the screen and double click on menus etc - just the scrolling on the right edge of the touch pad used for moving up and down web pages that doesn't work?

If so maybe try
Menu>Setup> Xorg video wizard - Edit xorg.conf

and adding this to the bottom of - Section "InputDevice":

Code: Select all

Option "TapButton1" "1" 
Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
So it will now look like this:

Code: Select all

Section "InputDevice" 
   Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" 
   Driver "synaptics" 
   Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" 
   Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" 
   Option "LeftEdge" "1700" 
   Option "RightEdge" "5300" 
   Option "TopEdge" "1700" 
   Option "BottomEdge" "4200" 
   Option "FingerLow" "25" 
   Option "FingerHigh" "30" 
   Option "MaxTapTime" "220" 
   Option "MaxTapMove" "220" 
   Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" 
   Option "MinSpeed" "0.30" 
   Option "MaxSpeed" "0.90" 
   Option "AccelFactor" "0.0090" 
   Option "SHMConfig" "on" 
   #Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" 
   Option "TapButton1" "1" 
        Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
if you dont see any of this in xorg.conf try
menu>shutdown>exit to prompts

type: xorgwizard

then run though the setup options and try the above again.
and bingo! this did it, works like a charm. many thanks :)

Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#10 Post by Nooblet0218 »

stu90 wrote:Does you mouse work for moving around the screen and double click on menus etc - just the scrolling on the right edge of the touch pad used for moving up and down web pages that doesn't work?

If so maybe try
Menu>Setup> Xorg video wizard - Edit xorg.conf

and adding this to the bottom of - Section "InputDevice":

Code: Select all

Option "TapButton1" "1" 
Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
So it will now look like this:

Code: Select all

Section "InputDevice" 
   Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" 
   Driver "synaptics" 
   Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" 
   Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" 
   Option "LeftEdge" "1700" 
   Option "RightEdge" "5300" 
   Option "TopEdge" "1700" 
   Option "BottomEdge" "4200" 
   Option "FingerLow" "25" 
   Option "FingerHigh" "30" 
   Option "MaxTapTime" "220" 
   Option "MaxTapMove" "220" 
   Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" 
   Option "MinSpeed" "0.30" 
   Option "MaxSpeed" "0.90" 
   Option "AccelFactor" "0.0090" 
   Option "SHMConfig" "on" 
   #Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse" 
   Option "TapButton1" "1" 
        Option "SpecialScrollAreaRight" "true" 
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" 
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true"
if you dont see any of this in xorg.conf try
menu>shutdown>exit to prompts

type: xorgwizard

then run though the setup options and try the above again.
and bingo! this did it, works like a charm. many thanks :)

Nooblet0218
Posts: 105
Joined: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:50

#11 Post by Nooblet0218 »

ah for some strange reason i have a delay on my touchpad tap that i didn't have before. It takes about 400 ms or so for the tap to go through, kind of annoying. I played around with enabling touch tapping in the mouse/keyboard wizard, and with having the Option "TapButton1" "1" in my xorg.conf to get the delay to stop, but no luck. strange little problem...

pishta
Posts: 7
Joined: Sun 27 Jun 2010, 04:32

#12 Post by pishta »

Sweet! Got my touchpad tap to work with the "TapButton1" "1" edit. Couldn't get it to work the EZ way....

mrd
Posts: 124
Joined: Wed 28 Nov 2007, 02:04

#13 Post by mrd »

Anyone know how to get the center button on a thinkpad to scroll? I believe I have tried almost everything I can find online for solutions and nothing changes the behavior of it.

Post Reply