Originally Posted by
buzzboy
Sorry to be a bit of a noob here but I've not done much compiling of code
So I download the tar file and extract it. Where does it need to go and do I need to "install" it or something?
Forget the tar file.
Follow these instructions.
Install git if you don't have it already
Code:
sudo apt-get install git
Get a copy of the stable code for the driver
Code:
git clone https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-input-mtrack.git
cd into the directory
Code:
cd xf86-input-mtrack
Install the required dev libs for compiling
Code:
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev libmtdev-dev
compile
Install the driver
edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if this does not exist, create it.)
Code:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Put this code into it to activate the driver
Code:
Section "InputClass"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Identifier "Touchpads"
Driver "mtrack"
EndSection
Reboot your computer, or restart X to activate the driver.
To tweak the options for the driver (sensitivity, pressure sensing, tap to click enable/disable, thumb width, etc) follow the list of options in the configuration section of the readme here:
https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-...ster/README.md
You insert the options you want to tweak in your xorg.conf file in between "Driver "mtrack"" and "EndSection"
Have fun.
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