Re: Xorg synaptics touchpad problem?

["Josh Battles" <josh.lists@omg-stfu.com>]

Ben Pearre said:
>
> Synaptics touchpad driver is broken.  [sorry if I have the filenames
> wrong, I'm at a different computer].  Driver loads correctly according
> to dmesg and /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and synclient works perfectly, but
> apps don't get touchpad events (including xev) (yes, pad is turned on,
> etc).  It's as if I just listed the wrong device in Xorg.config.  This
> is on a Thinkpad, and the nipple still works perfectly.  I haven't
> heard this complaint anywhere else, so I assume I haven't provided
> nearly enough information :)

I've been running Xorg on my ThinkPad T42 under Ubuntu with no problems for a
while now using both the trackpoint and touchpad devices.  Can you post the
input devices section of your xorg.conf?

This is what that section of mine looks like, if that helps.

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"EmulateWheel"		"true"
	Option		"EmulateWheelButton"	"2"
	Option		"Emulate3Timeout"	"50"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
        Option		"HorizScrollDelta"	"0"
EndSection

You may also want to check out thinkwiki.org for more information as well.

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