Re: Help - Synaptics touchpad not working in 7.1
I also think that you can specify it as kernel parameter system is like a air conditioner it malfunctions when you open windows On 20-Jul-2015 9:29 pm, Mark Stodola stod...@pelletron.com wrote: On 07/19/2015 07:38 PM, dgr...@ieee.org wrote: Hi, My Dad for me a new laptop when I was in hospital last week (scientific epilepsy): http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/range/novatechnspiren1735.html All things work except for the touchpad. The Windoz install discs have Synaptics drivers. Neither lsusb or lspci show anything relating. After much playing around the strong suspicion is that either the kernel 3.10 or x11 do not support it. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Gentoo or Funtoo are undesirable options. Pity, it's a nice 4 wide thing that just fits a 120lbs rock and ice climbers hands. Heck, can scratch the knees without bending. Check out post #11 at this link: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/touchpad-not-working-in-linux-mint-17-a-4175514286/ It looks like it can be fixed with a kernel boot option.
Re: Help - Synaptics touchpad not working in 7.1
On 07/19/2015 07:38 PM, dgr...@ieee.org wrote: Hi, My Dad for me a new laptop when I was in hospital last week (scientific epilepsy): http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/range/novatechnspiren1735.html All things work except for the touchpad. The Windoz install discs have Synaptics drivers. Neither lsusb or lspci show anything relating. After much playing around the strong suspicion is that either the kernel 3.10 or x11 do not support it. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Gentoo or Funtoo are undesirable options. Pity, it's a nice 4 wide thing that just fits a 120lbs rock and ice climbers hands. Heck, can scratch the knees without bending. Check out post #11 at this link: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/touchpad-not-working-in-linux-mint-17-a-4175514286/ It looks like it can be fixed with a kernel boot option.
Help - Synaptics touchpad not working in 7.1
Hi, My Dad for me a new laptop when I was in hospital last week (scientific epilepsy): http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/range/novatechnspiren1735.html All things work except for the touchpad. The Windoz install discs have Synaptics drivers. Neither lsusb or lspci show anything relating. After much playing around the strong suspicion is that either the kernel 3.10 or x11 do not support it. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Gentoo or Funtoo are undesirable options. Pity, it's a nice 4 wide thing that just fits a 120lbs rock and ice climbers hands. Heck, can scratch the knees without bending. -- Best Regards, David Greig
