MATE64 no (drivers for) trackpad in X[solved]

[wuxmedia]

eh?
no trackpad...
upd'ed live system, installed gpm, trakpad moves cursor on tty no probs. so not a laptop error (fn f7 is kill trackpad. has happened before)
plug in usb mouse. no probs, posting on mate64
trckpad doesnt show up on mate 'mouse' config.
looks lovely, not too keen to install, if i have to load some synaptic drivers.
actually i ins'd synaptic package, no joy, says no module loaded.

dmesg | grep pad gives;

Code: Select all

bbq@grill:~$ sudo dmesg | grep pad
[    6.665296] psmouse serio4: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x12a0b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x204000/0x0, board id: 3655, fw id: 41763

[machinebacon]

Already pressed the magic "turn touchpad on/off" combo (Fn + F3 or so) on your laptop?

[wuxmedia]

upd'ed live system, installed gpm, trakpad moves cursor on tty no probs. so not a laptop error (fn f7 is kill trackpad. has happened before)

sorry to quote myself.
Fn+F7 is the key on the Acer, and i have had it happen before. slipping keys between ttys.
and i tried it the tty gpm moves the cursor 'pointer'

doesn't it get detected at boot? after that i have no idea what gets loaded....

[machinebacon]

Hmmm, wux - I'll check it later on a laptop (synaptics but on an IdeaPad) and let you know :)

[wuxmedia]

solution;

Code: Select all

sudo ceni
upd
ins xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 

[machinebacon]

Touchpad on Dell Latitude d520: http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=3843#p3843
Synaptics touchpad not working: http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=3844#p3844

;)

[wuxmedia]

just tidying up 8)

[machinebacon]

Yes yes, just wanted to bring the threads together (solutions), so they'll be linked in the field below :)

[wuxmedia]

^ thats what i thought, i'm about to install, she looks sweet - so i needed an reference. and have edited the pkg name correctly