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maanvol

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Registered: 2016-08-09

Posts: 20

Clickable parts of touchpad do not function.

The clickpads on my touchpad do not function. How might this be corrected?:

# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
#   Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# [url]http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html[/url]
#       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchOS "Linux"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
        Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection

# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection

# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
        MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection"


What do I have to change in ths section?:

"# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection

In which file shoud the changes be placed, in order for the changes to become permanent?

lsusb gives:
"Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 058f:3841 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 054c:0243 Sony Corp. MicroVault Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0603:1031 Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub"

I think that this is the touchpad:"Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0603:1031 Novatek Microelectronics Corp." How am I to know that "synaptics" is the correct driver?

Last edited by maanvol (2018-04-04 06:33:59)

mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

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Re: Clickable parts of touchpad do not function.

Use code tags around the output, please. It makes it much more readable.

Also, is that a copy of your xorg.conf or just a copy of the default one? Did you generate this? Have you tried without an xorg.conf? That file is not needed much of the time.

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maanvol

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Registered: 2016-08-09

Posts: 20

Re: Clickable parts of touchpad do not function.

This touchpad information originates from /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf. Ought I to cut this information and paste it on another file?

Last edited by maanvol (2018-04-04 07:40:46)

robg

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Registered: 2015-03-05

Posts: 225

Re: Clickable parts of touchpad do not function.

How did you set up your touchpad? Have you followed https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libinput? Going through the instructions on that page should be enough to get your touchpad running.

Btw, mrunion meant to say code tags around the output _only_, not your entire post. That sort of makes the whole concept useless ;)

Last edited by robg (2018-04-03 07:25:18)