[SOLVED]Touch pad moves but doesn't select
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[SOLVED]Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Hello there i'm using LMDE on my laptop.
Using touch pad i can move my pointer, i can scroll and the two buttons work perfectly, but if i hit the pad as a click (or double click) it does nothing.
Has anyone encountered this problem before?
Using touch pad i can move my pointer, i can scroll and the two buttons work perfectly, but if i hit the pad as a click (or double click) it does nothing.
Has anyone encountered this problem before?
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Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
To activate "click on tap" for your touchpad,
Goto the terminal type and replace the content of the file with the following:
Goto the terminal type
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sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
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Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
EndSection
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
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$ cat /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
# MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Try (from a terminal):
May give some useful errors if it doesn't work.
Cheers
Steve
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synclient TapButton1=1
Cheers
Steve
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Uhm i got something unexpected. I got nothing, i mean when i type
on terminal, the system respond with a new line ready to receive a new command without writing anything.
I think i miss some driver, i'll check them out.
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synclient TapButton1=1
I think i miss some driver, i'll check them out.
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Hmmmm, if the driver wasn't installed I would expect error messages, not the other way round.
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
when you reboot typeGabriele_Angelo wrote: Thanks for your help but... i mean... i think lines are the same, but still doesn't work... i rebooted twice.
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sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
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Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
EndSection
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Well i put together the section. Nothing.
I moved to top the section. Nothing.
I did what wrote on this lines
and the erased all comments. Nothing.
Now in
i have only this
So weird.
I moved to top the section. Nothing.
I did what wrote on this lines
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# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
Now in
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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
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$ cat /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
EndSection
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Are you on a 32 or 64 bit system? I have written a little gui to control synclient, its 64 bit. Its in my dropbox http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1286239/scgui
The buttons go green when set on, grey when set off. Works well on my system and has for months. If you click touchpad off, press enter to turn it back on.
Might work, might not.
The buttons go green when set on, grey when set off. Works well on my system and has for months. If you click touchpad off, press enter to turn it back on.
Might work, might not.
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
I'm on a 32 bit system, i tried to execute it anyway and i got errors and these two files
They were empty text files.
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$ sudo ./scgui
./scgui: 1: 8: not found
./scgui: 6: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
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?
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????@@8?@??@@?????????P?P??P???%?vdUPX!?????2ߥ2???????
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
Won't run on a 32bit system afaik. All is does is act as a frontend to synclient anyway. Can't recompile, it is written in Free Pascal / Lazarus (which is the IDE for FPC).
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
In my own experience, this depends on what hardware that your laptop has installed in it. My touchpad would slide perfectly, but would not "click" or "tap".
After further investigation, I found that I had ALPS Glide Point/Stick Pointer installed as the hardware for my touchpad, and sadly,that LMDE would not work with it.
(Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop)
So check out your installed hardware...that might just be the problem.
After further investigation, I found that I had ALPS Glide Point/Stick Pointer installed as the hardware for my touchpad, and sadly,that LMDE would not work with it.
(Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop)
So check out your installed hardware...that might just be the problem.
Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
That's what i thought at first, so i checked for drivers, but the problem was not there.malligt wrote:So check out your installed hardware...that might just be the problem.
Looking in my mouse preferences i noticed that the cell that allows clicks with touch-pad was unchecked.
I'm feeling really really n00b right now. <.<
Anyway i thank you all especially xircon that tried to help me with that application.
(I still feel like a n00b)
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Re: Touch pad moves but doesn't select
aljoriz wrote:To activate "click on tap" for your touchpad,
Goto the terminal typeand replace the content of the file with the following:Code: Select all
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
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Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1" EndSection
Worked perfectly for me on my Acer Aspire 5741 Laptop. Now a happy camper - thanks.
Re: [SOLVED]Touch pad moves but doesn't select
@ David G - https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5h63qgmt8kk4m3/scgui.zip
This is a link to the free pascal source, needs lazarus to open.
HTH
Steve
This is a link to the free pascal source, needs lazarus to open.
HTH
Steve
Re: [SOLVED]Touch pad moves but doesn't select
My touchpad stopped to work properly: it moved the pointer but the clicks didn't work from the touchpad...
The problem has been solved just by tiping in a terminal window:
BUT the problem is that after restart, you have again the same problem: the topuchpad does not accept clicks.
I've found in another Forum a solution:
just add in the Startup Applications an item as:
In that way, after waiting for 10 seconds, it will activate the TapButton1.
It works for me with a Linux Mint.
The problem has been solved just by tiping in a terminal window:
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synclient TapButton1=1
I've found in another Forum a solution:
just add in the Startup Applications an item as:
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bash -c 'sleep 10; synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2'
It works for me with a Linux Mint.