Synaptics touchpad: no click

[dlworld]

Hi all:

I merged gentoo-dev-sources (2.6 kernel), and selected the 'Synaptics touchpad' option, during the 'make config'. It didn't work propperly, and I recompiled the kernel without this option. But my problem now is that I have no click (either single or double) on my touchpad (hitting the pad with the finger), and have to use the pad button to do a left-click.

I have a copy of my previous kernel (gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r8 ), and have the same problem with my touchpad... Any ideas?

Thanks a lot...
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[Weejoker]

Have you installed the Synaptics driver for XFree86?

http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/

That got it working correctly for me.

John

[dlworld]

Hello...

I tried to emerge synaptics, but it says than it cannot satisfy its dependences: XFree86 >= 4.3.0-r4, but the newest ebuild I have is from 4.3.0-r3... what can I do? install the source downloaded from the official web?
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Registered Linux user #184323. "The software said Windows95 or better, so I got a Gentoo..."

[Weejoker]

I used the one from the website some time ago.

I installed the synaptics binary included within the source archive. See the docs on the website/in the archive for details about the installation procedure.

John

[dizzey]

you could unmask the never verions of xfree
im running xfree 4.3.99 an it has support for the synaptics drivers
edit /usr/portage/profile/package.mask

find this section
# xfree development series
>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.99

and put ah # before xfree
#>=x11-base/xfree-4.3.99

now you should be able to emerge xfree and get the newer version
you migth havet to add
USE="~x86"
in /etc/make.conf