A touchpad without this capability reports only the usual "left", "right" and "middle" buttons: You can check which buttons are reported in Xorg.0.log to see if you have multitouch. Try adding these lines to the Touchpad section (shown above): If multitouch doesn't work for you, your hardware may not support it, but you can use the following options to emulate multitouch which allows most of the features to work. If this is so, then /var/log/Xorg.0.log should show that X has found a touchpad on /dev/input/event6 (for example) and probably also that it has failed to do so on /dev/input/mouse0 (for example). It is normal for a touchpad to be presented as both a Synaptics device and as an ImPS/2 device. Option "RBCornerButton" "9" # browser "forward" btn Option "LBCornerButton" "8" # browser "back" btn Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" # multitouch Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1" # multitouch Not all options are appropriate for example, Elantech touchpads don't support pressure, and many other touchpads don't support multitouch.) For a list of available options, see synclient -l. ( xserver-xorg-input-synaptics has tapping disabled by default for touchpads with one or more physical buttons see /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/. Comment out any old config for synaptics before replacing it with this new config.
Dell multitouch touchpad how to#
The following example shows how to enable tapping and how to configure various other options you probably won't need everything in it. usr/share/X11/ contains distro-supplied samples which can be copied over (or at least keep an eye on their settings when creating your own configuration). etc/X11//nf, for configuration (but this will work just as well in a combined /etc/X11/nf file). If you want to override the defaults system-wide, use a file in /etc/X11/, e.g. Override options in /etc/X11//nfĪt start, Xorg reads vendor-supplied configuration commands from directory /usr/share/X11/ (details in man ).
Dell multitouch touchpad manual#
This manual will tell you all the options that are available for the synaptics driver: Go to System Settings -> Input Devices, there should be a "Touchpad" tab.
On GNOME, go to System -> Preferences -> Mouse, there should be a "Touchpad" tab.
In most cases, make sure you have xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse installed, and not the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package. However, be aware that it is likely your desktop preferences, if you have them, will override your system-wide settings. If you can't find a Touchpad or Synaptics tab in your system settings, or the settings you wish to change cannot be changed through the GUI, follow the instructions below to configure system-wide via /etc/X11//nf. Some desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE can allow you to adjust settings of your touchpad through a graphical system settings panel. (Elantech support was enabled in Linux kernel 2.6.32-4.) The following command will tell you whether you have a Synaptics, ALPS or Elantech touchpad:Įgrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices This document is applicable to squeeze, wheezy, jessie and stretch.
Dell multitouch touchpad driver#
Change to libinput Xorg driver in Debian 9 "Stretch".Touchpad does not work after resuming from hibernate/suspend.
0 kommentar(er)
