birchwood
November 29th, 2006, 03:33 PM
Hi. I have a very simple wish: for my touchpad to function as a touchpad, and for my standard USB mouse to operate as a standard USB mouse.
After a clean install, Edgy does not detect a touchpad. My xorg.conf indicates that the generic "mouse" driver is used. In this case, both my external USB mouse and my touchpad function, but I cannot use any of the additional functionality provided by the Synaptics driver (scrolling, accidental tap detection, etc.)
If I configure the device section for the mouse to use the "synpatics" driver, my touchpad works wonderfully, with all the extra functionality. However, my external USB mouse ceases to operate.
The next thing I've done was to try and define separate entries in xorg.conf for my touchpad and my USB mouse. I do know that my touchpad is /dev/input/mouse0 and that my external USB mouse registers as /dev/input/mouse1. I've tried many different combinations, but I simply cannot get both pointing devices to work simultaneously, the touchpad as touchpad and the external USB mouse as a standard, external USB mouse.
Here is the relevant section in my current xorg.conf. As you can see, I've tried to define the touchpad as /dev/psaux, but I've also tried other possibilities. Right now, the touchpad doesn't work at all, and the USB mouse works normally.
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
# Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection
Thanks for the help!
After a clean install, Edgy does not detect a touchpad. My xorg.conf indicates that the generic "mouse" driver is used. In this case, both my external USB mouse and my touchpad function, but I cannot use any of the additional functionality provided by the Synaptics driver (scrolling, accidental tap detection, etc.)
If I configure the device section for the mouse to use the "synpatics" driver, my touchpad works wonderfully, with all the extra functionality. However, my external USB mouse ceases to operate.
The next thing I've done was to try and define separate entries in xorg.conf for my touchpad and my USB mouse. I do know that my touchpad is /dev/input/mouse0 and that my external USB mouse registers as /dev/input/mouse1. I've tried many different combinations, but I simply cannot get both pointing devices to work simultaneously, the touchpad as touchpad and the external USB mouse as a standard, external USB mouse.
Here is the relevant section in my current xorg.conf. As you can see, I've tried to define the touchpad as /dev/psaux, but I've also tried other possibilities. Right now, the touchpad doesn't work at all, and the USB mouse works normally.
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
# Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection
Thanks for the help!