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Hi All I am running SuSE 10.0 on a SONY VAIO...the touch pad is ALPS. I installed Ksynaptics and I want to use the scroll feature of the touchpad...but when ...
  1. 06-30-2007 #1
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    Ksynaptics not woking

    Hi All

    I am running SuSE 10.0 on a SONY VAIO...the touch pad is ALPS. I installed Ksynaptics and I want to use the scroll feature of the touchpad...but when I start Ksynaptics (via KDE control center-->Peripherals) it says scrolling is already available....I am able to use scrolling on Windows but not on linux....can anyone help me with this issue?

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    Is the Synaptics driver already installed? Did you add
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    "Option"        "SHMconfig"     "on"
    In the correct input device section? Have you tried an alternative such as "gsynaptics" ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo View Post
    Is the Synaptics driver already installed? Did you add
    Code:
    "Option"        "SHMconfig"     "on"
    In the correct input device section? Have you tried an alternative such as "gsynaptics" ?
    Thanks for the speedy reply...
    Yes the said option is present in the touchpad input device section....
    I have just downloaded gsynaptics and I am going to try it....
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    It says I will have to install GNOME on my machine.... but I dont want to....is gsynaptics quite different from Ksynaptics or u think its a driver issue?
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    Check out this link:

    HARDWARE Synaptics Touchpad - Gentoo Linux Wiki

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    Quote Originally Posted by docarockus View Post
    Check out this link:

    HARDWARE Synaptics Touchpad - Gentoo Linux Wiki

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    Thanks a lot for the pointer. I had to modify the conf file a little for my touchpad....finally using the touchpad is a pleasure....
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