Re: Touchpad Configuration

["Michael Pobega" <pobega@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:08:40PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote:
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> Michael Pobega wrote:
> > After a long fight with an offline install of Debian, I decided to
> > give up and do a netinstall.
> > 
> > The new installation is working PERFECTLY, with just one hitch; My
> > touchpad doesn't work right. The touchpad doesn't seem to be
> > configured in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and therefore I can't use any
> > programs like gsynaptics to control it.
> > 
> > I NoPasted my xorg.conf[0], just a quick note, the bit about the
> > "Synaptics Touchpad" was manually added in by me, but it doesn't seem
> > to be working. Maybe I'm just missing something?
> > 
> > [0]http://rafb.net/p/tgMeQQ47.html
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> Also try adding the Input device you created to the ServerLayout section
> of your xorg.conf.
> 
> Andrew

That worked perfectly, although of course (Like always) I struggled
figuring it out for an hour, then I send the e-mail and figure it out
right away.

Thanks for the responses, though.