The synaptics driver is usually the way to go. Check if it's installed by dpkg -l | grep synaptics, if not then apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.

Usually any options you want will have to be configured as the defaults are pretty basic, the archlinux wiki has some good info on the options: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

The default configuration is in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

Cheers,

chillfan

On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:46 PM, fuumind <fuumind@???> wrote:
> Thanks for the link!
>
> My kernel went from 3.16 to 4.4 but still no scrolling.
>
> also:
>

> lsmod|grep -iE "apple|cyapa|sermouse|synap|psmouse|vsxx|bcm"
> btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
> bluetooth             516096  24 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,btintel
> psmouse               122880  0

>
> And freeciv looks a lot nicer as well :)
>
> Maybe there are some configuration changes needing to be done for X after
> all.
>
> /fuumind
>
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:20:03 +0100
> David Hare <davidahare@???> wrote:
>
>> deb http://packages.devuan.org/merged jessie-backports main
>>
>> in your sources.list.. Do be careful to comment that line immediately
>> after use, I'm not the only one who had problems with unintentional
>> "upgrades" from backports.
>>
>> Some of my posts might not have made the list properly, my usual mail
>> client is temporarily out of order.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26 April 2016 at 08:12, fuumind <fuumind@???> wrote:
>> > I doubt that my hardware is too new. It is a Dell Latitude E6410 that
>> I bought second hand a couple of years ago. :)
>> >
>> > How would I go about upgrading to a backported kernel? Is there a repo
>> somewhere I can use or do I need to build it myself?
>> >
>> > /fuumind
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:27:39 -0400
>> > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:01:46AM +0100, David Hare wrote:
>> >> > On 26 April 2016 at 02:00, David Hare <davidahare@???> wrote:
>> >> > > I recently did a devuan-based install on a quite new Dell
>> laptop.
>> >> > > Many things did not work properly (sound, wlan, touchpad). A
>> newer
>> >> > > "backport" kernel sorted it all.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On 25 April 2016 at 20:19, fuumind <fuumind@???>
>> wrote:
>> >> > >> Hi!
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> I am trying to get touchpad scrolling working on my new Devuan
>> setup. So far I've figured out that it is probably pmouse that
>> is driving the hardware by stealing the following from
>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/131432/which-driver-is-handling-my-touchpad
>> :
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I've been using devuan since sometime last year on an old eeepc
>> >> netbook, maybe 5 years old. It just worked. Could it be that your
>> >> hardware is too new? I find its touchpad to be something of a
>> nuisance.
>> >> I touch it by accident and things go strange. I prefer to use my USB
>> >> wireless mouse.
>> >>
>> >> David Hare had success with a backported kernel.
>> >>
>> >> I've had problems like this a few times with new hardware. My ten
>> year
>> >> old server wouldn't do X when it was new. Regular updates, and it
>> >> worked fine after about six months.
>> >>
>> >> Mind you, as a server it was OK that it only did text terminals for a
>> >> while.
>> >>
>> >> -- hendrik
>> >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> lsmod|grep -iE "apple|cyapa|sermouse|synap|psmouse|vsxx|bcm"
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> and getting
>> >> > >>

>> >> > >> psmouse                99249  0

>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Apart from this all I seem to be able to find on the net is alot
>> about setting up X for synaptics.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> As I am unsure how to proceed I would appreciate any guidance!
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> /fuumind
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