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Thunar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 3

touchpad scroll area on hp dv9500

I've been trying to get the right-hand scroll area on my touchpad to work, without success. I assume the modifications I need to make are within xorg.conf, but I really don't understand all that arcane X'ery. Some help with this would be really appreciated.

Here is my current xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "GLcore"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      370   230    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "SEC"
    ModelName    "3847"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 130.0
    VertRefresh    50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"             # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"           # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: touchpad scroll area on hp dv9500

have you looked at:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

?

That page should explain how to get it working.

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,221

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Re: touchpad scroll area on hp dv9500

Indeed: following that wiki entry to the letter works for me.

Zl.

methuselah

Member

Registered: 2007-10-02

Posts: 570

Re: touchpad scroll area on hp dv9500

@ Thunar:

I have a hp dv9920us which needs the synaptics touchpad to work. I found this touchpad a bit more difficult to configure than my last hp dv4230us touchpad.

This is what works for me in my XF86Confg (xorg.conf for nvidia).

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Touchpad"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "LeftEdge" "1700"
    Option         "RightEdge" "5200"
    Option         "TopEdge" "1700"
    Option         "BottomEdge" "4200"
    Option         "FingerLow" "25"
    Option         "FingerHigh" "35"
    Option         "MaxTapTime" "180"
    Option         "MaxTapMove" "220"
    Option         "FastTaps" "on"
    Option         "CoastingSpeed" "0.03"
    Option         "CornerCoasting" "on"
    Option         "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
    Option         "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
    Option         "VertScrollDelta" "100"
    Option         "MinSpeed" "0.05"
    Option         "MaxSpeed" "0.05"
    Option         "AccelFactor" "0.0000"
    Option         "SHMConfig" "on"
#  Option    "Repeater"    "/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection

... I also had to use the System-->--Preferences-->--Mouse settings to make it feel perfect.

these are my other sections:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

and:

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Last edited by methuselah (2008-08-13 12:36:17)