Mouse not fully functional

gcotant · 2015-05-17 16:42:12

I'm running arch on an Acer Aspire One. I just installed X and i3 and they seem to function just fine, but the mouse isn't working. Arch detects mouse clicks but not mouse movement, so the cursor is stuck in the middle of the screen. I tried reinstalling xf86-input-evdev but it didn't help.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-05-17 17:26:05

What is the output of:

xinput

gcotant · 2015-05-17 17:40:10

Virtual core pointer                     id=2   [master pointer (3)]
  |  Virtual core XTEST pointer    id=4    [slave pointer(2)]
  |  SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad  id=12    [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)]
  |   Sleep Button                         id=9   [slave keyboard(3)]
  |  Webcam                               id=10  [slave keyboard(3)]
  |  AT Translated Set 2 keyboard        id=11  [slave keyboard(3)]

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-05-17 17:44:49

Are you sure the mouse is functional?

Does the mouse work with other machines?

Does the mouse work on the same machine with (a live version of) a different distribution?

ewaller · 2015-05-17 17:47:18

Is there a mouse on your system, or are you using a touch pad?
If you are not using a mouse, you might try connecting a USB as a sanity check.
If you are using the touch pad, are you using a custom configuration file for it?
Perhaps you could use wgetpaste to post your Xorg log and give us the link. Like this:

ewaller@turing ~ 1116 %wgetpaste ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
Your paste can be seen here: http://paste.pound-python.org/show/Y1QwWYwO2Xdubgxw7oxw/
ewaller@turing ~ 1117 %

Then we can follow the link to see it http://paste.pound-python.org/show/Y1Qw … ubgxw7oxw/

gcotant · 2015-05-17 17:53:50

It's the mousepad built into laptop not an external one.

gcotant · 2015-05-17 18:02:35

ewaller wrote:

Is there a mouse on your system, or are you using a touch pad?
If you are not using a mouse, you might try connecting a USB as a sanity check.
If you are using the touch pad, are you using a custom configuration file for it?
Perhaps you could use wgetpaste to post your Xorg log and give us the link. Like this:
ewaller@turing ~ 1116 %wgetpaste ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
Your paste can be seen here: http://paste.pound-python.org/show/Y1QwWYwO2Xdubgxw7oxw/
ewaller@turing ~ 1117 %
Then we can follow the link to see it http://paste.pound-python.org/show/Y1Qw … ubgxw7oxw/

Arch says it doesn't have this command. What package is it under?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-05-17 18:05:30

gcotant wrote:

It's the mousepad built into laptop not an external one.

D'oh!

Sorry...

Does this get it working:

# pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics

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

gcotant · 2015-05-17 18:12:00

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

gcotant wrote:
It's the mousepad built into laptop not an external one.
D'oh!
Sorry...
Does this get it working:
# pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

That fixed it. Thank you.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-05-17 18:14:04

You're welcome

Please add "[SOLVED]" to the thread title for the benefit of others.

ewaller · 2015-05-17 18:18:39

gcotant wrote:

Arch says it doesn't have this command. What package is it under?

ewaller@turing ~ 1118 %pacman -Ss wgetpaste 
community/wgetpaste 2.26-1 [installed]
    A script that automates pasting to a number of pastebin services
ewaller@turing ~ 1119 %

It is a handy tool to have. Even if this is solved

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