Hi all!

Thank you for all the great help with getting my touchpad working better! I now have two finger scrolling working (I discovered in the process that my hardware do support it.) Adding the option line 'Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on"' to the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and unloading/reloading psmouse.ko did the trick. I am not sure wether the kernel upgrade made any difference and I am not very inclined to downgrade atm. :)

All the best!
fuumind

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:29:14 +0100
"dev1fanboy" <devuanfanboy@???> wrote:

> 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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