Synaptics Touchpad problems

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---- Original Message ----
From: yogich at sc2000.net
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: RE: Synaptics Touchpad problems
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:37:15 +0000

>Breezy is installed and seems to work fairly well on the Pavilion
>ze5570us 
>notebook --all except for the Synaptics touchpad driver (and a minor
>problem 
>w/ppp which I'll ask about later) in the fact that it often takes
>several 
>taps on the touchpad before anything happens.  When I used to use
>SuSE I was 
>told to change the driver, after which it worked fine.  Gentoo, also,
>worked 
>fine w/the 'mouse' driver.  I have tried that just once w/Breezy by
>manually 
>editing the xorg.conf file and kdm would not execute unless & until I
>
>reinstated the original driver.
>
>I have looked for the equivelent to G's xorgconfig and have not found
>it.  
>Suggestions or known remedies are welcome.
>
>Thanks!
>-- 
>        ...CH


That's strange. I have installed Ubuntu on two different HP laptops
(ze4510 and a ze5500) with no problems at all using the touchpad.
Tapping, scrolling, and the touchpad on/off button all work
perfectly. I wonder if Synaptics or HP have changed something in
later models?