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#1 2012-03-21 07:03:20

archie0
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HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

Hey guys. 
My laptop has a dedicated button to turn the touchpad on/off. However, on ArchLinux is not working. It's more like a sensor; I have to double-tap it in order to enable/disable touchpad (under Windows). Now, I can only enable/disable the touchpad using synclient TouchpadOff=1/0.
Also, the TouchPad led is not working: it should be orange when the touchpad is off, and white when it is on.


I forgot to say that xf86-input-synaptics 1.5.0-1 is already installed.

Thanks!

Last edited by archie0 (2012-03-21 08:20:22)

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#2 2012-03-22 17:32:21

archie0
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

Nobody?

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#3 2012-03-23 14:42:00

Czarcasmo
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

Archie,

Are you trying to turn it off during specific events (during typing, etc) or after you plug in a mouse...?

Which DE/WM are you using? I use KDE and installed the synaptiks package that has automated the on/off of my touchpad based on events. For example, I plug in a mouse, it disables the touchpad; when I type, it disables the touchpad, etc.

Cheers,
Czar.


Laptop: Lenovo X1 Carbon, Core i7 2.0Ghz, 8GB RAM, Gnome 3.16

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#4 2012-03-25 11:20:27

ajbader
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

It isn't a dedicated button, but rather an area on the touchpad where you tap to disable it (I doubt it is even a sensor). A little light comes on to indicate that the touchpad is disabled.

I have the same scheme, but on mine it doesn't work either. It hasn't been one of my big priorities, so I haven't really looked into it. I think it is posible with synaptics to get it to work, but probably not with the little light. Sorry pal.

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#5 2012-03-25 12:40:47

Czarcasmo
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

I have an HP G42-475DX and have never had the light on the touchpad work for me. On some of the other distros it works, but I imagine that it is a bit more work than it is worth at this point. I have never had it working on Arch and since I got synaptiks configured, I had no need to press on to try and get it working.

Cheers,
Czar.


Laptop: Lenovo X1 Carbon, Core i7 2.0Ghz, 8GB RAM, Gnome 3.16

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#6 2012-03-25 12:46:24

Trilby
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

Does this button generate an event in xev?

You can map any key/button that generates events to a script that will use synclient to toggle the touchpad on and off.


"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" -  Richard Stallman

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#7 2012-03-25 20:06:41

anrxc
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

My laptop has a dedicated button to turn the touchpad on/off.

If you want the double-tap to work, and the LED to light up on modern HP clickpad/touchpad you need to
install xf86-input-synaptics-led and synaptics-led respectively, from AUR.


You need to install an RTFM interface.

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#8 2012-07-07 14:24:58

archie0
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

anrxc wrote:

My laptop has a dedicated button to turn the touchpad on/off.

If you want the double-tap to work, and the LED to light up on modern HP clickpad/touchpad you need to
install xf86-input-synaptics-led and synaptics-led respectively, from AUR.


Been there, done that.

Still not working after months!

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#9 2012-07-07 19:12:49

anrxc
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Re: HP Touchpad on/off button not working (Synaptics touchpad)

archie0 wrote:
anrxc wrote:

install xf86-input-synaptics-led and synaptics-led respectively, from AUR.

Been there, done that. Still not working after months!

Read this thread where another owner eventually got the functionality to work https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=142108. There's a patch involved for some HP models like mine, details are in the thread.

Last edited by anrxc (2012-07-07 19:14:24)


You need to install an RTFM interface.

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