Laptops :: touchpad problems.

This guide looks useful.

It might help, but I freely admit first off that I am a complete moron. Since my I am getting stuff off the internet on another machine, I've burned the two extensions onto a cd as per the instructions. Here's where I am lost.

"Now you can work on getting the touchpad working. At this point you should now have XFree86.dsl and XF86Config-4 downloaded to your home directory, or on CD from another computer. (If they are on CD copy them to your home directory). Use the command mydsl-load XFree86.dsl to load XFree86 onto your system. Move the file XF86Config file to the appropriate directory with the command sudo mv XF86Config-4 /etc/X11. Use "vi", (a simple text editor) to edit the file .xserverrc (vi .xserverrc) to say exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp. With luck, you should now be ready to boot into the X server with a working touchpad. Make sure you are back in the "dsl" home directory and enter startx . The X server should load, and you will be presented with Fluxbox, and a working touchpad."

now my problem is that I am not sure how to copy these files to my home directory. I don't know how to mount the cd outside the gui and my guessing isn't doing much. I've tried going into the gui using a usb mouse and I can't seem to get the cd to mount so that I can get the two files. On top of that, I don't know precisely where in the home directory I should put these things.

I fully confess ignorance and don't know where to begin.

hi there ..
I had the same problem on my old compaq presario 1200 ...
anyway , I took a look at the guide mentioned earlier ( http://www.jb4x4.com/linux/CompaqWriteup.htm )
I finally got it to work after making some mods in XF86Config-4

i've uploaded my modified XF86Config-4 : HERE
along with the XFree86.dsl file ..

to make it work :
put XF86Config-4 & XFree86.dsl on a cd or something ( usb key etc. )
go on it : cd /mnt/cdrom (if it's on a cd .. )

mydsl-load XFree86.dsl
mv XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/

then ,

cd /home/user/
edit .xserverrc ( using vi ) : vi .xserverrc
make it look like this : exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp
after saving & exiting vi , do :
startx

..

took info

HERE

thanks, I appreciate it

Having similar problem with HP Pavillion dv1331se. Mouse ponter just sticks to center of dsl window. Have synaptics touchpad and usb mouse. I hope we can fix this!

Hey guys the solution worked for me but I had to modify the XF86Config-4 file.
IMHO the config now is as it should be.
Please compare versions.

Here the code I modified:

Code Sample

#PS2 mouse
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver

Identifier "PS2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

#USB Mouse
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

And last but not least on the Section "ServerLayout"

Code Sample

InputDevice "PS2 Mouse"
InputDevice "USB Mouse"

Best Regards

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