Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On 18/06/13 11:09, Gary Stainburn wrote: One thing I don't have with the mouse that I did have with the touchpad was pressing both buttons to emulate the middle button and getting a paste action. Since F-14 I have had to fix this problem after new installs and occasionally after updates by editing /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf by adding following at the end the: Section InputClass Identifier whatever MatchIsPointer on Option Emulate3Buttons on EndSection Section InputClass Identifiersystem-setup-keyboard MatchIsKeyboard on OptionXkbOptionsterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp EndSection The second section is to make Control+Alternate+Backspace work again which you may not care about. I think this requires a reboot? Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-18 XFCE Linux -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 18:25:12 Alan Gagne wrote: Create a script with the xinput set command and make it executable. Test to make sure it works. Then Goto System Settings Startup and Shutdown Autostart, then click Add Program, enter: your script. Alan Alan, I did as you suggested but unfortunately it didn't help. I then found that doing it manually also stopped working. The problem turned out to be that every time I boot up the ID changed. I changed my script to the following and it works every time now. Thanks for your help. Gary [gary@gary ~]$ more /etc/X11/3button #!/bin/bash X='/usr/bin/xinput' for F in `$X list|grep Logitech|cut -d = -f 2|cut -c1-3` ; do $X set-prop $F Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 done [gary@gary ~]$ -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Wednesday 19 June 2013 09:29:15 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 18/06/13 11:09, Gary Stainburn wrote: One thing I don't have with the mouse that I did have with the touchpad was pressing both buttons to emulate the middle button and getting a paste action. Since F-14 I have had to fix this problem after new installs and occasionally after updates by editing /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf by adding following at the end the: Section InputClass Identifier whatever MatchIsPointer on Option Emulate3Buttons on EndSection Section InputClass Identifiersystem-setup-keyboard MatchIsKeyboard on OptionXkbOptionsterminate:ctrl_alt_bksp EndSection The second section is to make Control+Alternate+Backspace work again which you may not care about. I think this requires a reboot? Bob -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-18 XFCE Linux Bob, Thanks for this. However, I didn't have the file you mention. I did have 00-keybpard.conf which already contianed the CTRL+AL+BS line, but nothing about my mouse. -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
I was given the following suggestion which has worked for other but not for me. Does this give anyone any ideas what I can try next? Gary I had the same issue with a Dell when I upgraded to Fedora 18, so I added 'i8042.reset i8042.nomux=1' (without quotes) at the end of the kernel boot options in Grub: [root@portdav2 ~]# cat /etc/default/grub GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Fedora GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 SYSFONT=True rd.luks=0 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=es i8042.reset i8042.nomux=1 [root@portdav2 ~]# Some useful links: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/28736/what-does-the-i8042-nomux-1-kernel-option-do-during-booting-of-ubuntu http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46t=41200 Hope this helps, David -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On 18.06.2013 18:30, Gary Stainburn wrote: On Tuesday 18 June 2013 16:18:14 Alan Gagne wrote: Try to use xinput for both mouse and touchpad. xinput list # xinput list_props $device_name_or_number xinput list-props 10 Turn on three button emulation. xinput set-prop 10 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 Alan The problem with the touchpad is that it's seen as a PS/2 device which from Google is an old problem that seems to have re-appeared. I've run xinput set-prop 14 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 and it's got the Left+Right mouse button click to work on my USB mouse. How do I go about making this permenant? man 4 evdev /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*[input|mouse|pointer].conf poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Gary Stainburn sent: My mouse does actually have a middle button (a pressable scroll wheel) but pressing this doesn't give me the effect I want either. Does that button actually work? One way to test that is to open the mouse preferences, and use the test gadget to see if all the buttons provoke a response. I've got two mice that have been resoldered many times, because they fall off the desk and hit the middle mouse button/wheel and damage its connection. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 13 13:36:17 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 15:29:45 Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, Gary Stainburn sent: My mouse does actually have a middle button (a pressable scroll wheel) but pressing this doesn't give me the effect I want either. Does that button actually work? One way to test that is to open the mouse preferences, and use the test gadget to see if all the buttons provoke a response. I've got two mice that have been resoldered many times, because they fall off the desk and hit the middle mouse button/wheel and damage its connection. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 13 13:36:17 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. Hi Tim, It does work as it works in Windows. Likewise, I know there is nothing physically wrong with the touchpad. I've had it suggested that I should try a Live DVD from another dist to see if that helps. I'm downloading SL as I type this -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
RE: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
I still haven't managed to get my touchpad workin although my USB mouse is working fine. One thing I don't have with the mouse that I did have with the touchpad was pressing both buttons to emulate the middle button and getting a paste action. My mouse does actually have a middle button (a pressable scroll wheel) but pressing this doesn't give me the effect I want either. Any suggestions? Check what you have set currently. gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled If this returns false then you can turn this on. gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled true Alan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
RE: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
/ Check what you have set currently. // // gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse // middle-button-enabled // // If this returns false then you can turn this on. // // gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse // middle-button-enabled true // // Alan / Thanks for this Alan, do you know what the KDE equiv of this? Sorry for the dumb question but I've already googled for things like this. Also, I've run the Scientific Linux Live DVD and my touchpad works fine. It's a drastic solution swapping distributions, but so far I haven't found an alternative Try to use xinput for both mouse and touchpad. xinput list # xinput list_props $device_name_or_number xinput list-props 10 Turn on three button emulation. xinput set-prop 10 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 Alan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 15:57:23 Alan Gagne wrote: I still haven't managed to get my touchpad workin although my USB mouse is working fine. One thing I don't have with the mouse that I did have with the touchpad was pressing both buttons to emulate the middle button and getting a paste action. My mouse does actually have a middle button (a pressable scroll wheel) but pressing this doesn't give me the effect I want either. Any suggestions? Check what you have set currently. gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled If this returns false then you can turn this on. gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled true Alan Thanks for this Alan, do you know what the KDE equiv of this? Sorry for the dumb question but I've already googled for things like this. Also, I've run the Scientific Linux Live DVD and my touchpad works fine. It's a drastic solution swapping distributions, but so far I haven't found an alternative -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 16:18:14 Alan Gagne wrote: Try to use xinput for both mouse and touchpad. xinput list # xinput list_props $device_name_or_number xinput list-props 10 Turn on three button emulation. xinput set-prop 10 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 Alan The problem with the touchpad is that it's seen as a PS/2 device which from Google is an old problem that seems to have re-appeared. I've run xinput set-prop 14 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 and it's got the Left+Right mouse button click to work on my USB mouse. How do I go about making this permenant? -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
RE: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
On Tuesday 18 June 2013 16:18:14 Alan Gagne wrote: / Try to use xinput for both mouse and touchpad. // //xinput list // # xinput list_props $device_name_or_number // xinput list-props 10 // Turn on three button emulation. // xinput set-prop 10 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 // // // Alan / The problem with the touchpad is that it's seen as a PS/2 device which from Google is an old problem that seems to have re-appeared. I've run xinput set-prop 14 Evdev Middle Button Emulation 1 and it's got the Left+Right mouse button click to work on my USB mouse. How do I go about making this permenant? I haven't used KDE for quite a long time so YMMV. Create a script with the xinput set command and make it executable. Test to make sure it works. Then Goto System Settings Startup and Shutdown Autostart, then click Add Program, enter: your script. Alan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
I still haven't managed to get my touchpad workin although my USB mouse is working fine. One thing I don't have with the mouse that I did have with the touchpad was pressing both buttons to emulate the middle button and getting a paste action. My mouse does actually have a middle button (a pressable scroll wheel) but pressing this doesn't give me the effect I want either. Any suggestions? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: fedup upgrade to 18 broke my touchpad on DELL Vostro
If I boot into runlevel 3 the touchpad works fine. I've run Xorg -configure but that made no difference My Logitech cordless USB mouse work fine. In KDE System Settings - Input Devices the touchpad tab is disabled. Anyone got any ideas? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
