Touchpad trouble.
Walter Orsi
walter.orsi.uy at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 15:19:23 UTC 2015
Andre:
You're right, my notebook has a keyboard shorcut *(Fn + Esc)* to
enable/disable the touchpad. Now, what do you mean by "*maybe your device
is not logically diconnected to the system*"? How do I realize of that and
what should I do? I've pressed the shorcut several times after doing all
what you've suggested me and it doesn't work yet. I don't have any led to
realize if it is on/off... with the touchpad working, you just realize by
trying to move it: if it moves is enabled, and disabled if doesn't.
I've checked both files owner and permissions with *ls -l* command and
everything is the way you mentioned it should be:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 nov 26 12:02 /etc/modprobe.d/touchpad.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1699 nov 27 21:55
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
I can't realize what am I doing wrong... later I'll tell you all, step by
step, what I've made... Maybe one of you realizes where the mistake is.
Once again, thank you all for your help... I still cannot solve it but I'm
learning a lot because of your support and contributions (commentaries,
links to read...)
Greetings!
2015-11-27 8:26 GMT-03:00 Andre Campos Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>
:
> synclient message means what it says "No synaptics driver is loaded". The
> OS does not find any information about it, maybe because the hardware is
> not connected, maybe because it has no configuration to load the module.
>
> This notebook has any form to cancel the trackpad movements? Some
> notebooks have a keyboard shortcut to make null any interactions with
> trackpad. In case it has this shortcut, maybe your device is not logically
> diconnected to the system.
>
> */etc/modprobe.d/touchpad.conf* and
> */usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-touchpad.conf* must have the same owner
> and permissions to the other files on the folder.
>
> Probably *owner: root*, and *permission: read for owner*, *group and
> others, and write only for owner* (-rw-r--r--)
>
> Another page for you to check as reference is this:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics
>
> 2015-11-26 17:19 GMT-02:00 Walter Orsi <walter.orsi.uy at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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