Touchpad trouble.

Thu Nov 26 19:19:36 UTC 2015

Andre:

I gotta check ownership and permissions of both files,
*/etc/modprobe.d/touchpad.conf* and
*/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-touchpad.conf*??

Who should be the owner and what permissions should I set up?

Sorry if the questions are too silly.

By the way, what does it mean the result that synclient displayed (

*Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?)??*
Thanks to everyone for your support and help.

2015-11-24 11:34 GMT-03:00 Andre Campos Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com
>:

> Following the instructions of Eric's Link, you might need to create the*
> /etc/modprobe.d/touchpad.conf *file, than put the content:
>
> options psmouse proto=auto
>
>
>
> After that create */usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-touchpad.conf* with the
> content:
>
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier "touchpad"
>         MatchIsTouchpad "on"
>         MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
>         Driver "synaptics"
> 		Option "TapButton1" "1"
> 		Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
> EndSection
>
>
> Check for files ownership and permissions.. Than reboot to test!
>
>
>
> 2015-11-24 12:17 GMT-02:00 Andre Campos Rodovalho <
> andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:
>
>> There is no */etc/X11/xorg.conf* in Lubuntu by default...
>>
>> In Ubuntu, this file is replaced by others files begining with numbers
>> inside the directory* /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/*
>>
>> You can create any file with the *xorg.conf* file format inside this
>> directory. The number on filenames is only for processing order...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-11-24 11:43 GMT-02:00 Walter Orsi <walter.orsi.uy at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your ideas and information, too.
>>>
>>> I've messed with xorg.config, though I couldn't make it work, yet.
>>>
>>> Sorry for my ignorance but is xorg.config a file itself? What I've found
>>> on my Lubuntu is that xorg.config is a directory. Inside of it there are
>>> several files (50-synaptics..., 10-synaptics) that seem to be related with
>>> the touchpad... at least that what it seemed to me after reading some
>>> things about it on the web looking for a solution.
>>>
>>> Once again, thank you and thanks to every one who has given me part of
>>> his time to answer my e-mail and give me some guide.
>>>
>>> Walter
>>>
>>> 2015-11-23 23:46 GMT-03:00 Eric Bradshaw <
>>> ericbradshaw at computers4christians.org>:
>>>
>>>> Israel and Brendan:
>>>> Thanks you both for your answers and sorry for the lack of additional
>>>> information.
>>>> I'll begin with the general information:
>>>> - lsb_release command displays the following about the version of
>>>> Lubuntu
>>>> I'm using:
>>>> Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
>>>> Description:        Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
>>>> Codename:        trusty
>>>> - I'm using the 32-bits version of Lubuntu though I've recently
>>>> discovered
>>>> (running dmidecode command) my notebook supports 64-bits.
>>>> - dmidecode and lshw commands display the following about Processor and
>>>> Base Board:
>>>> Processor Information
>>>>     Version: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N550   @ 1.50GHz
>>>> Base Board Information
>>>>     Manufacturer: INTEL Corporation
>>>>     Product Name: Tiger Hill
>>>> However, according to a brochure I have, my notebook has the following:
>>>> - Processor: Intel? AtomTM Dual Core N2600
>>>> - Chipset: NM10 Express
>>>> - It's brand name is OLIDATA (kinda unknown world-wide, actually)
>>>> lsusb command displayed the following:
>>>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 152d:0313 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA
>>>> Technology Corp.
>>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1bcf:0007 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
>>>> Optical
>>>> Mouse
>>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>>> I also run lshw command but it dislpayed a lot of info and I really
>>>> don't
>>>> know which one would be usefull for this purpose (usb, pci, isa,
>>>> ide...)
>>>> lshw information about isa bridge, ide interface and some usb
>>>> controllers
>>>> confirms some of the information of the brochure mentioned above:
>>>> usb:0
>>>>     descripci?n: USB controller
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> usb:1
>>>>     descripci?n: USB controller
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> usb:2
>>>>     descripci?n: USB controller
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> usb:3
>>>>     descripci?n: USB controller
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> usb:4
>>>>     descripci?n: USB controller
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> isa
>>>>     descripci?n: ISA bridge
>>>>     producto: NM10 Family LPC Controller
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> ide
>>>>     descripci?n: IDE interface
>>>>     producto: NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode]
>>>>     fabricante: Intel Corporation
>>>> I also run synclient command as Brendan suggested and got this answer:
>>>> *Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?*
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Walter,
>>>>
>>>> I'm no expert on track pads, but whenever I've needed one to work, or
>>>> work better; I've almost always had to mess with/create an xorg.conf file
>>>> to address it.
>>>>
>>>> gksudo leafpad /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>>
>>>> Searching the Internet for your laptop specs led me to believe it's
>>>> very similar (if not the same computer without a famous name) to an Acer
>>>> Aspire D270. So, if you find an xorg.config for that laptop, you may want
>>>> to try it and/or tweak it from someone elses.
>>>>
>>>> And even though the following page is intended for Gentoo Linux (so a
>>>> lot of it won't apply), it includes an xorg section that seems to address
>>>> the trackpad among other things. You may want to check it out.
>>>>
>>>> https://dweezil.be/aod270/
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>> --
>>>> Thank You,
>>>> God Bless You,
>>>> Computers4Christians
>>>> http://Computers4Christians.org/
>>>>
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