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Alien282

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Registered: 2013-07-31

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[SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Hi! Actually the touchpad works but not with complex stuff like two-finger scrolling (it is supported in this laptop).

I installed the xf86-input-synaptics driver, but it doesn't even seem to load - in /var/log/Xorg.0.log there's nothing when I search for Synaptics and when I run synclient, it says "Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?".

I haven't changed the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, however I did try to comment out/uncommenting the touchpad section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf but it didn't help.

Any ideas why that might be and how do I fix it? Thanks!

Last edited by Alien282 (2014-10-23 11:35:56)

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Did you already look at this section of the Synyptics Wiki? It seems to describe your problem:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/To … 2C_etc..29

Alien282

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Hi, thanks for the answer. I did see this, yes, however my problem is not the same, as in my case the Synaptics module is not loading at all, while in the wiki the fix is to disable a double loading. Anyway, I tried the fixes suggested there and it didn't help.

Anything else as a suggestion?

d3mian88

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Registered: 2013-04-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

maby an stupid suggestion, but look first it if the touchpad is on.........

if it nos workcs try to reinstall synaptics
and if its not working too, then try to install gpointing-device-settings from AUR's reposotory, that a good option too for touchpads on laptops

PD: sorry for mi bad english !

Alien282

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Registered: 2013-07-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Well, the touchpad is "on" as it works - only the two-finger scrolling doesn't.

About "gpointing-device-settings" - it didn't make any difference.

jeypeyy

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Registered: 2009-10-30

Posts: 24

Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

I have the same issue on my HP Pavilion n005eo touchsmart ultrabook. It actually worked some days ago but suddenly stopped working. Using "xinput list" I can see that my touchpad is detected as a generic mouse, just as described in the wiki, so the kernel bug has apparently not been fixed completely.

When I managed to install arch on this computer last week I didn't need to install the psmouse-alps-driver package from AUR to make the touchpad work with the basic functionality, but I installed it to get the scrolling ability. Now, the touchpad won't work at all without that package. And just as for OP, synclient tells me that no synaptics driver has been loaded.

Jimothy

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Registered: 2014-03-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

I have a dell xps 13 9333 with the same issue as OP, but unlink jeypeyy, it is not detected as as generic mouse.

My xinput list

 Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SYNAPTICS Synaptics Large Touch Screen    id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ DLL060A:00 06CB:2734                      id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated Webcam                         id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                          id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]

The touchpad still sort of works, but no scrolling etc

Last edited by Jimothy (2014-04-15 20:06:38)

jeypeyy

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

I have a dell xps 13 9333 with the same issue as OP, but unlink jeypeyy, it is not detected as as generic mouse.

My xinput list

 Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SYNAPTICS Synaptics Large Touch Screen    id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ DLL060A:00 06CB:2734                      id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated Webcam                         id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                          id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]

The touchpad still sort of works, but no scrolling etc

In that case I'm not sure I have the exact same problem. Maybe I should start a new thread?

Jimothy

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Registered: 2014-03-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

The solution here fixed it

Create this file:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_i2c_hid.conf

blacklist i2c_hid

Adding that item to the balcklist fixed the issue for me

jeypeyy

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Registered: 2009-10-30

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

The solution here fixed it

Create this file:

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_i2c_hid.conf

blacklist i2c_hid

Adding that item to the balcklist fixed the issue for me

This does not seem to work for me

Alien282

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Neither for me. So this cannot be fixed?

Beurt

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Registered: 2014-09-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Hi,

I'm not an Arch user (I'm on a Mageia 4), but I managed to solve most of the z30 issues I had (backlight control, ALPS 7 driver for the trackpoint/touchpad, suspend & hibernate incosistencies, etc.) using the brand new 3.17 kernel (currently in RC5). You will see more about it on: http://www.linlap.com/toshiba_portege_z … 417b6c7886

Last edited by Beurt (2014-09-19 09:32:51)

Alien282

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Re: [SOLVED] Toshiba Satellite Z30-A-130 Touchpad Issue

Yep, I can confirm that kernel 3.17 (as now the stable version is out) fixes the touchpad issues! I still can't, however, control the backlight of the keyboard via FN+Z (I think it's supposed to turn it on/off). A pity. Anyway, that's a different problem, thanks everybody!