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Title: (solved) Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: uggla on August 09, 2010, 08:00:30 AM

Hi!

Touchpad page scrolling won't work for neither of my two laptops. Is there a way to fix this besides installing Xorg and synaptics?

regards
/Uggla

Title: Re: Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: curaga on August 09, 2010, 08:32:49 AM

Not really, under Xvesa it emulates a normal mouse, to use touchpad features you do need Xorg and the synaptics driver.

Title: Re: Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: tinypoodle on August 09, 2010, 09:23:49 AM

Tapping (instead of left-clicking) does work however.

BTW, same applies in gpm.

Title: Re: Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: MikeLockmoore on August 14, 2010, 04:49:17 PM

@uggla: The following boot option (added during the boot process in GRUB or placed in the file that defines the boot options in GRUB) works well in my eeePC.  I don't know if it will help your laptops.

psmouse.proto=imps

Title: Re: Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: uggla on August 15, 2010, 01:50:13 AM

Quote from: MikeLockmoore on August 14, 2010, 04:49:17 PM

@uggla: The following boot option (added during the boot process in GRUB or placed in the file that defines the boot options in GRUB) works well in my eeePC.  I don't know if it will help your laptops.

psmouse.proto=imps

Thanks! It works great!  :)

/Uggla

Title: Re: (solved) Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: tinypoodle on August 15, 2010, 02:39:19 PM

@ MikeLockmoore & uggla

Could you please specify what exactly does work in addition with "psmouse.proto=imps" which wouldn't work without?
Thanks.

Title: Re: (solved) Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: uggla on August 15, 2010, 03:22:39 PM

Quote from: tinypoodle on August 15, 2010, 02:39:19 PM

@ MikeLockmoore & uggla

Could you please specify what exactly does work in addition with "psmouse.proto=imps" which wouldn't work without?
Thanks.

Without:
Dragging the finger along the right side of the touchpad moves the cursor.

With:
Dragging the finger along the right side of the touchpad doesn't move the cursor but scrolls the page.

/Uggla

Title: Re: (solved) Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: tinypoodle on September 06, 2010, 01:37:25 PM

I do not note any difference, with or without "psmouse.proto=imps", tapping works in either case, scrolling in neither >:(

(PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad)

@ MikeLockmoore & uggla:
Do you perhaps refer to Xorg?
I only tried with Xvesa and gpm

Title: Re: (solved) Touchpad page scrolling
Post by: uggla on September 06, 2010, 02:50:36 PM

No, I wasn't referring to Xorg but Xvesa. The psmouse.proto=imps boot option only worked on one of my two laptops. The one for which it works has an Elantech touchpad which, I think, also is the case with MikeLockmoores eeePC.

/Uggla