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Offline Kj4bnh

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Which xorg
« on: April 04, 2015, 09:23:15 AM »
Hi, which xorg app do I need to enable the touchpads scrolling capabilities?  There are only about 11 different ones.  Thanks in advance.  Jim

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2015, 10:29:28 AM »
xf86-input-synaptics

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2015, 12:34:44 PM »
Thanks for the reply, not working, any other ideas? ;)  Jim

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2015, 07:58:55 PM »
Did you exit X and restart after loading the extension?

What make of touchpad do you have?

What does Xorg.0.log say?

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2015, 11:01:47 PM »
Hi-hi,  yes I did restart the machine several times to no avail. 

Windows Vista says it is a Synaptics TouchPad v7.0 on PS/2 port.

I could not locate the Xorg.0.log file, although I did find it on a different distro that the touchpad works on.

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2015, 11:24:46 PM »
It's at /var/log/Xorg.0.log

If you have a synaptics touchpad then xf86-input-synaptics should work with Xorg-7.7

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2015, 11:32:21 PM »
Negative result.  2 files at that location and they are autologin and wtmp.

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2015, 12:15:36 AM »
in that case Xorg-7.7 is not running - is it possible you're using Xvesa (the default with CorePlus)?

What does this give:
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Offline Kj4bnh

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2015, 08:07:51 AM »
in that case Xorg-7.7 is not running - is it possible you're using Xvesa (the default with CorePlus)?

Yes

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$ ps aux | grep X


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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2015, 09:03:02 AM »
You need to use Xorg-7.7 for the touchpad driver to work.

Download and load the Xorg-7.7 extension using the apps gui or "tce-load", exit to the prompt and then "startx"

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2015, 09:10:59 AM »
You need to use Xorg-7.7 for the touchpad driver to work.

Download and load the Xorg-7.7 extension using the apps gui or "tce-load", exit to the prompt and then "startx"

Done, still not scrolling, can tap=left button.

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2015, 09:17:22 AM »
Sounds like you need to create a conf file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

You can either use synclient/syndaemon or google one to enter manually.

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2015, 09:18:55 AM »
..you might also want to check that the files in /usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d are not interfering

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2015, 09:20:47 AM »
ok

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Re: Which xorg
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2015, 10:29:55 AM »
Ok, I have the scrolling function working, how do I get the tapping function back?