laptop touchpad issue

Thom Nuzum

17 May 2004 17 May '04

22:06

Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me. Thanks in Advance. -- Thom Nuzum Realtor Technology Services Washington DC, Virginia, & Maryland

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C Hamel

17 May 17 May

22:59

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance. -- Thom Nuzum Realtor Technology Services Washington DC, Virginia, & Maryland Unfortunately, those answers didn't cure my problem. So... it's back to the drawing board, I guess. :-\

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Jerry Feldman

23:30

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400 Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

Jon Clausen

18 May 18 May

05:28

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400 Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too': Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135 Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :( Maybe it's related to the version of X? Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working? /Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!

eddie

06:30

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On Tuesday 18 May 2004 06:28, Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400

Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!

That function disappeared when I installed the 2.6.5 kernel, with SuSE 9.0. Eddie

Martin Mielke

08:48

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Hi all, I had a similar problem some months ago with my SuSE 9.0 Pro: the PS/2 mouse worked fine but the touchpad didn't. Now both work correctly. Some hints: edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, section "InputDevice" for Driver "mouse" and make sure you have: Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" I found very useful to have this line included, instead of hardcoding a protocol: Option "Protocol" "Auto" Also check if you have multiple sections for Driver "mouse" and if so, which one is selected in section "ServerLayout" HTH, Martin eddie wrote:

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On Tuesday 18 May 2004 06:28, Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400

Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!

That function disappeared when I installed the 2.6.5 kernel, with SuSE 9.0.

Eddie

Thom Nuzum

11:37

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I added Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" and lost my display completely. Removed it and am back to normal again. I have added a real mouse to the laptop, of course the scroll wheel also does not work on either of my 2 SuSe 9.1 installs. I suppose I will need an external modem and that wireless is probably a disaster too. Please patch this kernel soon!

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Hi all,

I had a similar problem some months ago with my SuSE 9.0 Pro: the PS/2 mouse worked fine but the touchpad didn't. Now both work correctly. Some hints: edit /etc/X11/XF86Config, section "InputDevice" for Driver "mouse" and make sure you have:

Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

I found very useful to have this line included, instead of hardcoding a protocol:

Option "Protocol" "Auto"

Also check if you have multiple sections for Driver "mouse" and if so, which one is selected in section "ServerLayout"

HTH, Martin

eddie wrote:

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On Tuesday 18 May 2004 06:28, Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400

Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!

That function disappeared when I installed the 2.6.5 kernel, with SuSE 9.0.

Eddie

-- Thom Nuzum Realtor Technology Services Washington DC, Virginia, & Maryland

Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto

18:38

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Thom, are you sure the problem is with the kernel? SuSE 9.0 had an configuration file in /etc which allowed to specify the behaviour! I don't remember the exact name, but it was related to the driver - tk*, touch* or synaptics*. The option had something to do with "tapping". If you use the ZAxisMapping, at least your external mouse should have the wheel working. I don't see why setting this option should affect your display. Wasn't there any typo? Quoting Thom Nuzum :

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I added Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" and lost my display completely. Removed it and am back to normal again. I have added a real mouse to the laptop, of course the scroll wheel also does not work on either of my 2 SuSe 9.1 installs. I suppose I will need an external modem and that wireless is probably a disaster too. Please patch this kernel soon!

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Sid Boyce

10:06

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Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400 Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon

I have a Lifebook E360, P-II 333, just the touchpad, upgraded from 8.2 --> 9.0 --> 9.1 with standard kernel 2.6.4-52-default, tapping works. Acer Aspire 1501LCe 9.0 x86_64 --> 9.1 x86_64, kernel.org 2.6.6-mm3, touchpad and USB mouse working, tapping also works. No setups, all out of the SuSE Pro box. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.

Thom Nuzum

11:38

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Maybe its easier to install 9.0 again and then upgrade to see if my mouse will work or is that absurd? On Tuesday 18 May 2004 06:06, Sid Boyce wrote:

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Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400

Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon

I have a Lifebook E360, P-II 333, just the touchpad, upgraded from 8.2 --> 9.0 --> 9.1 with standard kernel 2.6.4-52-default, tapping works. Acer Aspire 1501LCe 9.0 x86_64 --> 9.1 x86_64, kernel.org 2.6.6-mm3, touchpad and USB mouse working, tapping also works. No setups, all out of the SuSE Pro box. Regards Sid.

-- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer Linux Only Shop.

-- Thom Nuzum Realtor Technology Services Washington DC, Virginia, & Maryland

jim barnes

12:50

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Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon

Yes, and I posted a solution to Thom's original post on May 15. Get synaptics-0.12.5, and follow the directions in INSTALL. Requirements are met, you just need to modify XF86Config.

Thom Nuzum

13:11

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Thanks I lost this:

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Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon

Yes, and I posted a solution to Thom's original post on May 15.

Get synaptics-0.12.5, and follow the directions in INSTALL. Requirements are met, you just need to modify XF86Config.

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scsijon

20 May 20 May

08:30

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not seen my 9.1 yet ;-( in .au but i suppose this is not one of those turned off by default in this release while was on by default last time. We had a few of them back between 7.1 and 7.2. just a thought scsijon At 07:28 AM 18/05/2004, Jon Clausen wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May, 2004 at 19:30:41 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:06:07 -0400 Thom Nuzum wrote:

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Sorry if I did not get this first time round. My HP pavilion ze4600' touchpad/mousepad worked great in 9.0. Now on a fresh 9.1 it is no longer. Must I recompile the kernel? I do not see any kind of laptop options in KDE or Yast. Sorry I can't find the Emails to previous question as my monitor crapped out on me.

Thanks in Advance.

I also noticed in the 9.1 live eval that the touchpad works fine for moving the mouse, but tapping the touchpad does not work. I assume that is a driver issue that can easily be solved.

Just a 'me too':

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C-4135

Upgraded 9.0 -> 9.1, tapping doesn't work anymore :(

Maybe it's related to the version of X?

Does *anyone* have touchpad tapping working?

/Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!

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C Hamel
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Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
Martin Mielke
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Sid Boyce
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