[SOLVED] synaptics touchpad settings in xorg.conf not persisting upon reboot
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Distribution: Slackware 14 (Server),OpenSuse 13.2 (Laptop & Desktop),, OpenSuse 13.2 on the wifes lappy
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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.
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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.
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?
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