synclient -l "couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?"

gtsui · 06-07-2014, 01:29 PM

I'm trying to get synaptics working on my slackware 14.1, where I have compiled 3.14.5 kernel from source, and getting the above error. I've looked at previous threads before with the same issue, with most people recommending to look at the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf. However, when I look inside my xorg.conf.d/ folder, it is completely empty. Is this normal?

Is there a way for me to check if, in fact, synaptics is working properly on my PC? Thanks for all the help!

volkerdi · 06-07-2014, 01:44 PM

It's not installed in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ by default, but you can find it in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/.

gtsui · 06-07-2014, 01:57 PM

Aha I see! So I have found it and copied it over to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d - Here is my 50-synaptics.conf file

Code:

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - IT WILL BE OVERWRITTEN ON UPGRADES
# Copy this file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and edit the copy
#
# Use "synclient -l" to see all available options
# Use "man synaptics" for details about what the options do
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Option "TapButton1" "0"
        Option "TapButton2" "0"
        Option "TapButton3" "0"
EndSection

Is there a reason why synclient -l doesn't seem to work for me? How can I be sure that synaptics is working properly on my PC?

gtsui · 06-08-2014, 09:27 AM

Gentle bump.

Looking into the xorg logs with the following returned me nothing:

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep synap

I also looked inside the /proc/bus/input/devices file and couldn't find any synaptics devices other than for my touch screen:

Code:

I: Bus=0006 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Speakup"
P: Phys=speakup/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event0
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000000000 0

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab83
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event1
B: PROP=0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=1100f02902002 8380307cf910f001 feffffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event2
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=10000000000000 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="Lid Switch"
P: Phys=PNP0C0D/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event3
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=1

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=LNXPWRBN/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event4
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=10000000000000 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="Dell WMI hotkeys"
P: Phys=wmi/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd rfkill event5
B: PROP=0
B: EV=13
B: KEY=1500b00000000 200300000 0 0
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0018 Vendor=06cb Product=2734 Version=0100
N: Name="DLL060A:00 06CB:2734"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/INT33C3:00/i2c-0/i2c-DLL060A:00/0018:06CB:2734.0001/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event6
B: PROP=0
B: EV=17
B: KEY=30000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel PCH Headphone Mic"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input9
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event7
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=4

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=06cb Product=0af8 Version=0111
N: Name="SYNAPTICS Synaptics Large Touch Screen"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/0003:06CB:0AF8.0002/input/input10
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event8
B: PROP=2
B: EV=b
B: KEY=400 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=260800000000003

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0bda Product=5752 Version=3902
N: Name="Integrated_Webcam_HD"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:14.0-5/button
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/input/input12
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event9
B: PROP=0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input16
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event11
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=140

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input15
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event12
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=140
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3"
P: Phys=ALSA
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input14
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event13
B: PROP=0
B: EV=21
B: SW=140

Anyone have any advice what I can do? Thanks very much!

di80 · 08-31-2014, 10:22 AM

gtsui

have you found a solution to this problem?
i have the same problem with a dell inspiron 3542