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bucz

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Registered: 2012-04-06

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Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

Hi

I have a problem with touchpad. I browsed the #! forum and forums for Archlinux and Debian, tried a couple of solutions but found nothing suitable. (I work on Lenovo Z575)

I cannot make the touchpad work properly. No scrolling on edges, no cursor pointer acceleration, no disabling-while-typing (let alone multitouch - this I will try later)

I get disabling when I use tpconfig, but nothing more.  I have the xserver-...-synaptics package installed.

The configuration and logs:

~$ dmesg |  grep -i syna
[    5.117054] Unable to query Synaptics hardware.
[    5.985772] input: PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input8

~$ synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

So apparently the driver couldn't be loaded (although I do have the driver package installed)

~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep synap -i
(II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event8)
(**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
(**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
(II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found relative axes
(II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found x and y relative axes
(II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Configuring as mouse
(**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: MOUSE)
(II) PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: initialized for relative axes.
(II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse1)

~$ cat 50-synaptics.conf 
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "Touchpad"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "yes"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"

        Option          "SHMConfig"             "on"

        Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.5"
        Option          "MaxSpeed"              "1.0"
        Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.075"
        Option          "TapButton1"            "1"
        Option          "TapButton2"            "2"     # multitouch
        Option          "TapButton3"            "3"     # multitouch
        Option          "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "1"     # multitouch
        Option          "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "1"     # multitouch
        Option          "VertEdgeScroll"        "1"
        Option          "CoastingSpeed"         "8"
        Option          "CornerCoasting"        "1"
        Option          "CircularScrolling"     "1"
        Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "7"
        Option          "EdgeMotionUseAlways"   "1"
        Option          "LBCornerButton"        "8"     # browser "back" btn
        Option          "RBCornerButton"        "9"     # browser "forward" btn
EndSection

I have also commented-out the touchpad section from 10-evdev.conf

Thanks in advance
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Last edited by bucz (2012-04-06 07:42:17)