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exallium

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Registered: 2011-07-24

Posts: 4

[Solved....] Synaptics Touchpad Doesn't Respond to Input

UPDATE:

Solved... silly me forgot there was a function key combination that turns off the trackpad on Acer laptops... Fn + F7 fixed everything...

====Original Message====

Hey,

So I've installed archlinux with awesome wm, and my touchpad doesn't respond at all.  It's a synaptics touchpad on an Acer Aspire 5741G, with xf86-input-synaptics installed.  Here are some things you might find useful.  Dmesg doesn't seem to show any errors, and neither does /var/lib/xorg.log.0

As seen by xinput:

Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':
	Device Enabled (137):	1
	Coordinate Transformation Matrix (139):	1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
	Device Accel Profile (261):	1
	Device Accel Constant Deceleration (262):	2.500000
	Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (263):	1.000000
	Device Accel Velocity Scaling (264):	12.500000
	Synaptics Edges (278):	1773, 5471, 1665, 4829
	Synaptics Finger (279):	24, 29, 255
	Synaptics Tap Time (280):	180
	Synaptics Tap Move (281):	248
	Synaptics Tap Durations (282):	180, 180, 100
	Synaptics Tap FastTap (283):	0
	Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (284):	75
	Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (285):	280
	Synaptics Two-Finger Width (286):	6
	Synaptics Scrolling Distance (287):	113, 113
	Synaptics Edge Scrolling (288):	0, 0, 0
	Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (289):	1, 1
	Synaptics Move Speed (290):	1.000000, 1.750000, 0.035348, 40.000000
	Synaptics Edge Motion Pressure (291):	29, 159
	Synaptics Edge Motion Speed (292):	1, 452
	Synaptics Edge Motion Always (293):	0
	Synaptics Off (294):	0
	Synaptics Locked Drags (295):	0
	Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (296):	5000
	Synaptics Tap Action (297):	0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3
	Synaptics Click Action (298):	1, 1, 1
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling (299):	0
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (300):	0.100000
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (301):	2
	Synaptics Circular Pad (302):	0
	Synaptics Palm Detection (303):	0
	Synaptics Palm Dimensions (304):	9, 199
	Synaptics Coasting Speed (305):	20.000000, 50.000000
	Synaptics Pressure Motion (306):	29, 159
	Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (307):	1.000000, 1.000000
	Synaptics Grab Event Device (308):	1
	Synaptics Gestures (309):	1
	Synaptics Capabilities (310):	1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
	Synaptics Pad Resolution (311):	118, 69
	Synaptics Area (312):	0, 0, 0, 0
	Synaptics Noise Cancellation (313):	28, 28

in my 10-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "touchpad"
	Driver "synaptics"
	MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
	Option "SHMConfig" "on"
	Option "TapButton1" "1"
	Option "TapButton2" "2"
	Option "TapButton3" "3"
	Option "VertEdgeScroll" "off"
	Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"
	Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "off"
	Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
	Option "CircularScrolling" "off"
	Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
EndSection

If you all need anything else just ask... I am really stuck on this one...

Last edited by exallium (2011-10-06 13:25:47)