Touchpad scrolling and tap to click - no Synaptics?

[JWJones]

I have 6.4 freshly installed on my ThinkPad T61, and I'm unable to configure edge scrolling and tap to click on the touchpad.

Checking synclient, I get this:

thuja$ synclient
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

And it appears as though Synaptics isn't available in the packages:

Can't find synaptics

So, how do I enable edge scrolling and tap to click, if this is the case?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

The synaptics driver is already included in the base system:

Puffy:~$ pkg_locate synaptics
xbase64:/usr/X11R6/include/xorg/synaptics-properties.h
xserv64:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.la
xserv64:/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
xserv64:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xorg-synaptics.pc
xserv64:/usr/X11R6/man/man4/synaptics.4
xserv64:/usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
dtb-4.20:sysutils/dtb:/usr/local/share/dtb/arm64/synaptics/
dtb-4.20:sysutils/dtb:/usr/local/share/dtb/arm64/synaptics/berlin4ct-dmp.dtb
dtb-4.20:sysutils/dtb:/usr/local/share/dtb/arm64/synaptics/berlin4ct-stb.dtb
Puffy:~$

If you want to use it then copy the configuration file from /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf and modify it to your liking.

Otherwise the umt(4) driver is loaded, that can be controlled with wsconsctl(8):

Puffy:~$ doas wsconsctl | grep mouse
wsconsctl: Use explicit arg to view keyboard.map.
mouse.type=synaptics
mouse.rawmode=0
mouse.scale=1472,5888,1408,4810,0,97,188
mouse.tp.tapping=0
mouse.tp.scaling=0.165
mouse.tp.swapsides=0
mouse.tp.disable=0
mouse.tp.edges=0.0,5.0,0.0,5.0
mouse1.type=ps2
Puffy:~$

[JWJones]

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

If you want to use it then copy the configuration file from /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf and modify it to your liking.

I copied this over, and then added the following to the file:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Option "TapButton1" "1"
            Option "TapButton2" "2"
            Option "TapButton3" "3"
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
EndSection

So, in it's entirety, it looks like this:

# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
#   Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Option "TapButton1" "1"
            Option "TapButton2" "2"
            Option "TapButton3" "3"
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on"
EndSection

## This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
## enabled by default. See the following link for details:
## http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
##       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
#EndSection

# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection

# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
        MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection

Rebooted, and still no edge scrolling or tap to click. What am I doing wrong?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Originally Posted by JWJones

What am I doing wrong?

I think you have to keep the MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" line commented out, here is my file:

Puffy:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf                      
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
#   Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
## This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot 
## enabled by default. See the following link for details:
## http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.h
##       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on"
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchOS "Linux"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
        Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection

# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on cli
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clic
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
EndSection

# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
        MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
Puffy:~$

Otherwise, check the Xorg log to see what is happening.

[JWJones]

Originally Posted by Head_on_a_Stick

I think you have to keep the MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" line commented out, here is my file:

That was it. I am now scrollin' -n- tappin' to my hearts content. Thanks!

[hrsetrdr]

Subscribed. May need this for setting up OBSD on my Dell Inspiron.

[JWJones]

Originally Posted by hrsetrdr

Subscribed. May need this for setting up OBSD on my Dell Inspiron.

Hey, is that Johnny5 as your avatar?