Which xorg

[Kj4bnh]

Hi, which xorg app do I need to enable the touchpads scrolling capabilities?  There are only about 11 different ones.  Thanks in advance.  Jim

[Juanito]

xf86-input-synaptics

[Kj4bnh]

Thanks for the reply, not working, any other ideas?   Jim

[Juanito]

Did you exit X and restart after loading the extension?

What make of touchpad do you have?

What does Xorg.0.log say?

[Kj4bnh]

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.

[Juanito]

It's at /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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

[Kj4bnh]

Negative result.  2 files at that location and they are autologin and wtmp.

[Juanito]

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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$ ps aux | grep X

[Kj4bnh]

in that case Xorg-7.7 is not running - is it possible you're using Xvesa (the default with CorePlus)?

Yes

What does this give:

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$ ps aux | grep X

[Juanito]

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"

[Kj4bnh]

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.

[Juanito]

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.

[Juanito]

..you might also want to check that the files in /usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d are not interfering

[Kj4bnh]

ok

[Kj4bnh]

Ok, I have the scrolling function working, how do I get the tapping function back?