Installed ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix on my aspire one 532h netbook. My touch pads vertical scroll doesnt work although i've enabled it in the mouse preferences. And is there a way to get the multi gesture feature to work in ubuntu?
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Installed ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix on my aspire one 532h netbook. My touch pads vertical scroll doesnt work although i've enabled it in the mouse preferences. And is there a way to get the multi gesture feature to work in ubuntu?
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I have this problem on the Acer Aspire One 532h as well. I fixed it by:
You should be able to make it permanent by putting:Code:sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
in /etc/modprobe.d/options and rebootingCode:options psmouse proto=imps
I've only done the first part on my actual machine since I was booted from a flashdrive. I have Karmic on the laptop now, but I'm installing it. This was what was holding me up.
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thanks busycrab ! that fixes it .. but if someone could get the multi gestures working, please tell me how.
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I ve been trying to solve this since upgrading my ACER
I can't get it to work - once I run the first line of code my touchpad stops working! So I'm scuppered I can't run the second line.
It won't paste both lines of code together for some reason. Am I missing something?
Running the second line on its own does nothing -still won't scroll
Edit: /etc/modprobe.d/options doesn't seem to exist.
Last edited by thered; May 3rd, 2010 at 08:13 PM.
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It's pretty normal that the first line stops your touchpad. It unloads the kernel module that handles it. The second line, on the other hand, reloads it with special parameter that tells it to use a special protocol that knows about scroll-wheels.Originally Posted by thered
Why not just typing things by hand?
sure, pretty normal, too. Kernel modules, that are already loaded are not reloaded. You have to unload them and load them again. That's pretty much what those 2 lines do. You have to type both of them.
Running the second line on its own does nothing -still won't scroll
[/QUOTE]Edit: /etc/modprobe.d/options doesn't seem to exist.
/etc/modprobe.d/options does not exist any more (does it?). Just use any filename in that directory, that ends with a .conf.
/etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf sounds like a good name to me. And it works for me like a charm.
Of course, this is only a workaround, it handles the touchpad like a scrollwheel mouse, touchpad specific features are missing. But it already helps a lot! Thanks busycrab!
I guess we'll have to wait until the new fixed kernel's available to have proper touchpad support.
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Yes, got it working, thanks to all.
Couldn't type two commands into terminal to test first but created .conf file in /etc/modprobe.d/mouse.conf
It seems a bit jerky but works!!!
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Upgrading to Kubuntu 10.04 on my DELL XPS 1210 I lost control of the touch-pad
Strange behaviour, I would need two finger on the pad to use it!
Creating the modprobe.d/options file with
options psmouse proto=imps
solved the problem. Many thanks.
But if
"Of course, this is only a workaround"!!
please let me know if someone discovers a more straightforward solution.
rs
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/etc/modprobe.d/options does not exist any more (does it?). Just use any filename in that directory, that ends with a .conf.
/etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf sounds like a good name to me. And it works for me like a charm.
Of course, this is only a workaround, it handles the touchpad like a scrollwheel mouse, touchpad specific features are missing. But it already helps a lot! Thanks busycrab!
I guess we'll have to wait until the new fixed kernel's available to have proper touchpad support.
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Last edited by scotti; May 4th, 2010 at 08:46 PM.
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Worked well for me on Aspire V3-471G. Thanks a lot
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