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snowblind

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Registered: 2013-07-18

Posts: 39

[Solved] Thinkpad T530 Trackpad Issues

Hey guys

I just installed Arch onto a Thinkpad T530, and I'm having issues with the trackpad. It works, but when editing settings in either Gnome or Cinnamon none of the options actually take effect -- natural scrolling won't work even when selected, and I can't change sensitivity, nor can I tap-to-click. In Gnome I don't even get the "Trackpad" option in the Mouse settings, which makes me think that I'm not even detecting the trackpad as a trackpad. Would this be caused by the Trackpoint?

Is there any way to get this fixed so that I can change settings in the mouse menu? I have 'xf86-input-synaptics' installed but I'm not sure if there's anything else that I need installed to make this work? Or does this have to be entirely configured via Xorg conf files?

Thanks!

EDIT: I've resolved it by creating a Xorg conf file. Marking the thread as resolved and providing my solution here (including natural scrolling):

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "touchpad"
    Driver "synaptics"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Option "TapButton1" "1"
        Option "TapButton2" "2"
        Option "TapButton3" "3"
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
        Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
        Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40"
        Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8"
        Option "CoastingSpeed" "0"
        Option "FingerLow" "35"
        Option "FingerHigh" "40"
        Option "VertScrollDelta" "-111"
        Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-111"
EndSection

Last edited by snowblind (2015-03-06 14:59:44)