Pavilion dv6-3225dx under F14 -- mouse problems

[Paul Allen Newell]

Hello to all:

I have a HP Pavilion dv6-3225dx that was installed with Win7 and I am 
trying to dual-boot with F14. I've managed to do that, but I am seeing 
totally wacko action out of the mouse (which is a touchpad with a 
movement area and two "buttons" below"). The long and short of it is 
two-fold

1) the right mouse button seems to be non-existent and, if there is a 
left-mouse action to be had, it mirrors that. But for things that have a 
distinct right-mouse action (setting the number of workspaces or pinning 
the terminal to the upper toolbar), it doesn't see them

2) even though I have disabled scrolling on the touchpad, if I put two 
fingers on the touchpad, it goes shooting all over the place (detailed 
exam indicates it is getting a continuous y change and I can't figure 
out what the x is doing)

I googled the machines and didn't see anything above and beyond hp not 
having any drivers other than Win7. I looked into firmware under fedora 
and didn't see anything for touchpads. When I did the initial install, 
F14 barked about needing a firmware update, but that vanished once I did 
a yum update.

I am not seeing any other problems with the install, but can't test too 
far with a mouse that seems to like 
"pick-drug-of-your-choice-so-long-as-it-is-an-upper"

Suggestions? ... I would hate to have to give up on a Fedora capability 
for this machine as I want to do a dual-boot so I can eventually move to 
"dumping" Windows.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

[Gary Artim]

I've tried various drivers and distros -- had a driver working under
gentoo (xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0). I thinks the clickpad is a
complicated device that has not been fully reverse engineered. SuSe
has it working to an extent. I had an envy which i sold because of it.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Paul Allen Newell  wrote:
> Hello to all:
>
> I have a HP Pavilion dv6-3225dx that was installed with Win7 and I am
> trying to dual-boot with F14. I've managed to do that, but I am seeing
> totally wacko action out of the mouse (which is a touchpad with a
> movement area and two "buttons" below"). The long and short of it is
> two-fold
> the right mouse button seems to be non-existent and, if there is a
>
> left-mouse action to be had, it mirrors that. But for things that have a
> distinct right-mouse action (setting the number of workspaces or pinning
> the terminal to the upper toolbar), it doesn't see them
> even though I have disabled scrolling on the touchpad, if I put two
>
> fingers on the touchpad, it goes shooting all over the place (detailed
> exam indicates it is getting a continuous y change and I can't figure
> out what the x is doing)
>
> I googled the machines and didn't see anything above and beyond hp not
> having any drivers other than Win7. I looked into firmware under fedora
> and didn't see anything for touchpads. When I did the initial install,
> F14 barked about needing a firmware update, but that vanished once I did
> a yum update.
>
> I am not seeing any other problems with the install, but can't test too
> far with a mouse that seems to like
> "pick-drug-of-your-choice-so-long-as-it-is-an-upper"
>
> Suggestions? ... I would hate to have to give up on a Fedora capability
> for this machine as I want to do a dual-boot so I can eventually move to
> "dumping" Windows.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
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[Paul Allen Newell]

On 10/5/2011 2:43 PM, gary artim wrote:
> I've tried various drivers and distros -- had a driver working under
> gentoo (xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0). I thinks the clickpad is a
> complicated device that has not been fully reverse engineered. SuSe
> has it working to an extent. I had an envy which i sold because of it.

Gary:

Thanks for the reply.

I ran a test with Ubuntu and had the same problem. Followed the "How to 
get both T520 trackpoint and touchpad working in F15" while digging 
around on the web and found enough information that I think I understand 
one needs to try something in an xorg.conf.d *.conf file. I worked out 
what seemed to be the best info I could get online ... and then got 
wiped out by a case of bronchitis and decided it was the wrong time to 
try it.

If anyone expresses an interest, I'll post what I was going to try for 
feedback/corrections once I've rejoined the human race. The touchpad is 
"Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad v7.4".

For what it is worth, I have a niece who is really hoping I can't solve 
the problem and have to give up on that computer (smile).

Paul

[Gary Artim]

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Paul Allen Newell  wrote:
> On 10/5/2011 2:43 PM, gary artim wrote:
> > I've tried various drivers and distros -- had a driver working under
> > gentoo (xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0). I thinks the clickpad is a
> > complicated device that has not been fully reverse engineered. SuSe
> > has it working to an extent. I had an envy which i sold because of it.
>
> Gary:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I ran a test with Ubuntu and had the same problem. Followed the "How to
> get both T520 trackpoint and touchpad working in F15" while digging
> around on the web and found enough information that I think I understand
> one needs to try something in an xorg.conf.d *.conf file. I worked out
> what seemed to be the best info I could get online ... and then got
> wiped out by a case of bronchitis and decided it was the wrong time to
> try it.
>
> If anyone expresses an interest, I'll post what I was going to try for
> feedback/corrections once I've rejoined the human race. The touchpad is
> "Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad v7.4".
>
> For what it is worth, I have a niece who is really hoping I can't solve
> the problem and have to give up on that computer (smile).
> Paul
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have a clickpad I can play with at work and tried out the beta of SuSe
and FC16. both have better support but the right click  and center
click for does not work -- tools i need. you can set tapping to 2 or 3
fingers to get the right and center options, but who would use this --
12 year olds?! a simple left/right/center and move the mouse when you
move your finger would be a delight. This all made it clear to me that
choosing a laptop for linux should still be researched, maybe bring a
pendrive with linux on it to test before buying. hope you feel better.

[Paul Allen Newell]

[cut-and-paste from archives]
gary artim wrote:
+++
have a clickpad I can play with at work and tried out the beta of SuSe
and FC16. both have better support but the right click and center
click for does not work -- tools i need. you can set tapping to 2 or 3
fingers to get the right and center options, but who would use this --
12 year olds?! a simple left/right/center and move the mouse when you
move your finger would be a delight. This all made it clear to me that
choosing a laptop for linux should still be researched, maybe bring a
pendrive with linux on it to test before buying. hope you feel better.
---

Gary:

Somehow I lost your Thursday Oct 6th reply, I'll blame it on a fogged head.

In hindsight, I agree that I should have done the pendrive test.

I need the right click and, to a lessor extent, the center as well. The 
first thing I did on the Win7 part of the dual-boot was kill the tapping.

Looks my niece is going to get herself a new laptop and I'll try to do 
it right the next time. That being said, I am going to give F16 a try 
"just in case"

Thanks for the get well wishes,
Paul