[nflug] Touchpad scrolling problem on a notebook
Joe
josephj at main.nc.us
Thu Apr 17 21:25:51 EDT 2008
Finally got around to this again.
Tried your suggestion - went through all the questions just pressing enter.
The conf file was much shorter. It worked identically to the old one
*except* my login page was scrambled with huge fonts and the kde
touchpad utilities didn't work because
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
wasn't there.
Went back to original conf file and deleted the wacom stuff. That went OK.
Then, I noticed that the new conf file (not in use now) had added this line:
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
So, I took a chance and added a line after that (in my conf file):
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "0"
That fixed my scrolling problem.
The only weirdness about this solution is that when I go into the kde
utilities and try to turn scrolling back on, nothing happens. This is
no big deal, but it indicates that what I did wasn't the best way to
solve the problem.
Joe
Cyber Source wrote:
> If you don't want to walk-through the questions, do a
> "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg", that will just write a new
> xorg file with the defaults it would guess anyway.
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>> hmm, that doesn't look like a gutsy xorg file, i.e. they started
>> commenting out the wacom stuff. Try this, make a backup copy of your
>> existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf . Then as root run "dpkg-reconfigure
>> xserver-xorg" and let it guess the hardware, etc., then either reboot
>> or "/etc/init.d/gdm restart" or kdm or whatever it uses. Then see how
>> your touchpad works, note the changes it made, put back the old file
>> if it's not as good, etc.
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>
>>>> It all starts in X. What's in your xorg.conf file?
>>>>
>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm running kubuntu gutsy on an HP Pavilion dv5020us notebook with a
>>>>> built-in synaptics touchpad. I'm right handed and my finger
>>>>> always ends
>>>>> up on the right edge of the touchpad which often causes unintentional
>>>>> vertical scrolling that drives me crazy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I went into kde system settings - Keyboard and Mouse - touchpad -
>>>>> scrolling and unchecked both horizontal and vertical scrolling.
>>>>> I also
>>>>> installed ksynaptics which put a short cut to this section in my
>>>>> panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whenever I boot (or log in?) vertical scrolling is still enabled.
>>>>> I go
>>>>> to the above settings and it shows it as disabled.
>>>>> If I enable it, apply and then disable, apply, then it turns off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas what could cause/fix this?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
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>>> Sorry for the delay in replying. I missed this post until now.
>>>
>>> Here's my config:
>>>
>>> Section "Files"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
>>> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
>>> # path to defoma fonts
>>> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Module"
>>> Load "i2c"
>>> Load "bitmap"
>>> Load "ddc"
>>> Load "dri"
>>> Load "extmod"
>>> Load "freetype"
>>> Load "glx"
>>> Load "int10"
>>> Load "vbe"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
>>> Driver "kbd"
>>> Option "CoreKeyboard"
>>> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
>>> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
>>> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
>>> Driver "mouse"
>>> Option "CorePointer"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
>>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>> Driver "synaptics"
>>> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>>> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
>>> Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
>>> Option "SHMConfig" "on"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Driver "wacom"
>>> Identifier "stylus"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
>>> Option "Type" "stylus"
>>> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Driver "wacom"
>>> Identifier "eraser"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
>>> Option "Type" "eraser"
>>> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Driver "wacom"
>>> Identifier "cursor"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
>>> Option "Type" "cursor"
>>> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller"
>>> Driver "i810"
>>> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Monitor"
>>> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
>>> Option "DPMS"
>>> HorizSync 28-64
>>> VertRefresh 43-60
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>> Identifier "Default Screen"
>>> Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller"
>>> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
>>> DefaultDepth 24
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 1
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 4
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 8
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 15
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 16
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 24
>>> Modes "1280x800"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>> Identifier "Default Layout"
>>> Screen "Default Screen"
>>> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
>>> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
>>> InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
>>> InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
>>> InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
>>> InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "DRI"
>>> Mode 0666
>>> EndSection
>>>
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