Slackware: Touchpad Dell D620 scroll not working

marcusmercado · 02-02-2009, 08:33 PM

I used xorgconfig to autodetect my mouse but the scroll still isnt working. I think I've got synaptics installed as I checked Gslapt and I have this

Code:

/var/log/mount/slackware/x/xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-i486-1.tgz

I tried following this post

Code:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/synaptic-touchpad-issues-in-slackware-12.0-632958/

Yet still no luck.

Any idea how I can make it work?

jdkaye · 02-03-2009, 01:28 AM

Can you post the mouse section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf? It should look something like this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "imPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
The final option (ZAxisMapping) is the one that gets my scroll wheel working on the mouse.

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cheers,
jdk

marcusmercado · 02-03-2009, 11:28 AM

This is mine:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"synaptics"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"	# Auto detect
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

#    Option "Resolution"	"256"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"	"9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"	"150"

# Mouse wheel mapping.  Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7.   Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.

    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

  Option "Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection

I also added this following the other thread

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.015"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
  Option "Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

I also tried to copy and paste my vector linux xorg.conf to my slackware xorg.conf since VL has scroll working but even when I did I did use the xorg.conf from my VL scroll still isnt working. Could this be a driver problem or so?

marcusmercado · 02-03-2009, 12:24 PM

UPDATE

hmm... I think I found my solution here

http://www.telematica.polito.it/fiore/d620/

I wish there was a quicker way...

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-03-2009, 01:08 PM

The quicker way may be to run 'xorgsetup' as root when X is not running.

marcusmercado · 02-03-2009, 05:41 PM

Nah I tried xorgsetup too still no luck.