[SOLVED] synaptics touchpad settings in xorg.conf not persisting upon reboot

vdemuth · 01-03-2010, 02:59 AM

Well I am happy to report a success to this. It turns out that in order to get my touchpad working I needed to blacklist the psmouse module from loading prior to udev and hal doing their thing. Then reload it in my rc.local file. Then I had to specify my touchpad within xorg.conf, but that's fine for me as I needed it for my graphics card and keyboard anyway.

adityavpratap · 01-03-2010, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by vdemuth

Well I am happy to report a success to this. It turns out that in order to get my touchpad working I needed to blacklist the psmouse module from loading prior to udev and hal doing their thing. Then reload it in my rc.local file. Then I had to specify my touchpad within xorg.conf, but that's fine for me as I needed it for my graphics card and keyboard anyway.

Congratulations!!

sasurfman · 01-16-2010, 03:33 AM

Thank you adityavpratap.

I found that I had to include the MaxTapMove option on my Dell Inspiron 3700. Without it the changes killed my left button and did not activate tap-to-click although I could still move the cursor and my right button still functioned.

You stated in your post that you "unloaded and reloaded psmouse." How do you do that without rebooting?

adityavpratap · 01-16-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sasurfman

Thank you adityavpratap.
You stated in your post that you "unloaded and reloaded psmouse." How do you do that without rebooting?

I think -

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$ sudo modprobe -r psmouse
$ sudo modprobe psmouse

should do the trick.

Jins · 05-17-2010, 01:06 PM

Thank's work like charm i think newer again I get tap to click... Big Respect

adityavpratap · 05-17-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jins

Thank's work like charm i think newer again I get tap to click... Big Respect

You are most welcome!