Getting the Synaptic Touchpad to work

[rodonn]

I've installed the ksynaptic widget and the supporting synaptic libraries but I'm really not getting what I have to do in XF86Config to make the d4river load and the pointer work like it should.

I've read (and not understood a word of) the stuff on here (search XF86Config and Touchpad)

So, can someone PLEASE help this moron out?

Thanks

[TerryP]

I've made no progress with touch pads, whats your issue? Mines a bogger to type /w at times.

[rodonn]

I've got the widget installed but it says I have to add something to the touchpad section of XF86conf to allow memory sharing, and basically there isn't one (section that is). I've looked over the examples shown on here and on the websites but I can't follow how what is shown matches anything in my XF86Conf file at all...

[TerryP]

I'd check the man page for the xorg.config file. The only problem I've noticed is that if my video card is not detected, it copies over a XFree86 config file which overides my Xorg one.

[antik]

I'd check the man page for the xorg.config file. The only problem I've noticed is that if my video card is not detected, it copies over a XFree86 config file which overides my Xorg one.

Actually xorg.conf file overrides XF86Config one.

[rodonn]

I don't *have* and xorg.conf file, and as far as I can see PC_BSD doens't generate one out of the box. It's things like this that make what is already a confusing problem flaming impossible :roll:

I'll take a look at the man pages for that so thanks, but you can see why its confusing!

[TerryP]

I find some config files have to many options...

Apologees Rodonn for this side track.

Actually xorg.conf file overrides XF86Config one.

Thats what I've seen before, how ever after setting up /etc/X11/xorg.config properly on my laptop I was limited to 1024x768. I deleted XF86Config and cntrl+alt+bksp and got 1200x800. I reboot and the boot messages tell me my video card was not detected and as per a script in the /PCBSD folder it copies a XFree86 config to /etc/X11 at boot time. cp /PCBSD/cardDetection/XF86Config.orig /etc/X11/XF86Config I think.

I tried it many times and still had to rm it & restart X. However after I backed up the /PCBSD file and replaced it with my xorg under the right name my system boots with my X settings, much better performance from my Radeon but only software Mesa for OpenGL support.

[rodonn]

Can someone post a working conf?

[rodonn]

BTW, the side bar is handy... I just get tired of conflicting and contradictory commentary.

[Latzi]

Hello rodonn!

I have the same problem, I tryed many ways to set up my xorg.conf for 1200x800 resoluion but its simply don't working, do you found out how to handle it?