On Monday 08 January 2007 11:45, Oliver Hookins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kim Pepper wrote: > > I've got a Compal CL-50 laptop with Edgy installed. The edgy xorg > > installation detected a generic mouse device, but there is no > > vertical/horizontal scrolling when dragging a finger down the rhs/bottom > > edge. > > > > I googled about it and found a whole lot of info on a synaptic driver, > > which > > i tried, but go no mouse at all. > > > > Anyone know how to get this working? > > Mine just worked automatically (Dell Inspiron 6400), and it is using the > synaptics driver. That being said, only the vertical scroll zone is > working, not the horizontal (which would be handy), so if you find a > solution let me know. It's probably just related to correct > configuration of the synaptics driver.
For Ubuntu (and probably for other distros as well), take a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/DellInspiron9400 Do a page search for 'Synaptics touchpad horizontal scrolling is disabled by default' to find the appropriate section. -- who | grep -i brunette | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; fsck; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
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