touchpad

[Peter G.]

I just plugged in my brand new Logitech Wireless T650 touchpad.

The cursor moves, but I am unable to get any other response: no 
tapping, etc.

I have the xorg synaptics driver and kcm_touchpad installed, but it 
is greyed out and there is no way for me to activate it.

How do I do this?

[Dale Dellutri]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Peter Gueckel <pgueckel(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  I just plugged in my brand new Logitech Wireless T650 touchpad.
>
>  The cursor moves, but I am unable to get any other response: no
>  tapping, etc.
>
>  I have the xorg synaptics driver and kcm_touchpad installed, but it
>  is greyed out and there is no way for me to activate it.
>
>  How do I do this? 
First, find out what does synclient report?
  $ synclient
Look at FastTaps, TapButton1, 2 and 3.  If any of them are zero, set them:
  $ synclient FastTaps=1 TapButton1=1 TapButton2=2 TapButton3=3
and see if tapping works.  If so, you can add it to
  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-touchpad.conf

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-touchpad.conf
# See:
#   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration
#   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics/10-synaptics.conf...
# Use
#   synclient -l
# to see all current options

Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "tap-by-default"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
       Option "TapButton1" "1"
       Option "TapButton2" "2"
       Option "TapButton3" "3"
       Option "FastTaps" "on"
EndSection


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[François Patte]

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Le 24/03/2013 02:52, Peter Gueckel a écrit :
>  Peter Gueckel wrote:
>  
> > There is some suggestion that some have gotten it to work.
>  
>  I have been reading further, and I think the Linux usability is 
>  limited to scrolling in Firefox and general moving of the cursor on 
>  the screen. Just that for $70! It’s going back tomorrow.
>  
>  The Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/touchpad I got yesterday 
>  worked...  all gestures, scrolling, tapping etc, but cursor 
>  movement was so slow, that it took 4 swipes to traverse the screen. 
>  I took that back today. 
You can play with options in xorg.conf file: MinSpeed, MaxSpeed,
AccelFactor, MaxTapSize..... in section InputDevice


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[Peter G.]

doug wrote:

>  Unless you are particularly fond of a touchpad 
I wanted to learn gestures, taps &c, since most laptops have them 
and most people seem to prefer them.

>  wouldn't you be happier with a mouse or a trackball? 
That’s what I have finally decided upon.

>  Maybe there's a wireless k/b with a trackball 
What I got is the IOGear GKM561R wireless keyboard/trackball. I am 
very pleased with it.

[Doug]

On 03/23/2013 09:52 PM, Peter Gueckel wrote:
>  Peter Gueckel wrote:
>
> > There is some suggestion that some have gotten it to work.
>  I have been reading further, and I think the Linux usability is
>  limited to scrolling in Firefox and general moving of the cursor on
>  the screen. Just that for $70! It’s going back tomorrow.
>
>  The Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/touchpad I got yesterday
>  worked...  all gestures, scrolling, tapping etc, but cursor
>  movement was so slow, that it took 4 swipes to traverse the screen.
>  I took that back today.
>
>  Yet, the touchpad on my old HP/Compaq laptop works like a charm!
>
>  Strange.
>  
Unless you are particularly fond of a touchpad, wouldn't you be happier
with a mouse or a trackball? I even bring my trackball with me if I'm
bringing my laptop somewhere. Fortunately, the Dell laptop has a very good
keyboard for that type of machine. (I'm not sure you can get a wireless
trackball. Maybe there's a wireless k/b with a trackball, but I have 
found little
balls like on a k/b not to my liking.)
Just my 2cents--doug

-- 
Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley

[Peter G.]

Peter Gueckel wrote:

>  There is some suggestion that some have gotten it to work. 
I have been reading further, and I think the Linux usability is 
limited to scrolling in Firefox and general moving of the cursor on 
the screen. Just that for $70! It’s going back tomorrow.

The Logitech K400 wireless keyboard/touchpad I got yesterday 
worked...  all gestures, scrolling, tapping etc, but cursor 
movement was so slow, that it took 4 swipes to traverse the screen. 
I took that back today.

Yet, the touchpad on my old HP/Compaq laptop works like a charm!

Strange.

[Peter G.]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:

>  Looks to me like this gadget is designed for Windows 8, and, as 
such, is
>  likely to be using Win-8-specific mojo. 
There is some suggestion that some have gotten it to work. I created 
the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, but nothing is 
happening. I restarted X, but perhaps a reboot...?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Peter Gueckel writes:

>  I just plugged in my brand new Logitech Wireless T650 touchpad.
>
>  The cursor moves, but I am unable to get any other response: no
>  tapping, etc.
>
>  I have the xorg synaptics driver and kcm_touchpad installed, but it
>  is greyed out and there is no way for me to activate it.
>
>  How do I do this? 
> From looking at logitech's own description of this item: 
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/touchpad-t650

Looks to me like this gadget is designed for Windows 8, and, as such, is  
likely to be using Win-8-specific mojo.