No Tapping and Scrolling in Touchpad

[Manuj19]

I have a HCL K21 pdc notebook. When I install Fedora 15 KDE
then there is no tapping and scrolling of touchpad. But the cursor is moving.
It does not work in Live CD as well as in installaton.
I have updated F15 to full but still no luck.

Touchpad : Synaptics

The buttons below the touchpad are working and all the options in system settings are enabled

Any kind of help is appreciated.

thanks for help

Note : I have read a forum in which touchpad is detected as ps/2 mouse. So I tried to disable the ps/2 mouse but it disable the cursor movement of touchpad, so it may be some kind of problem!!!!!:blink:

[bbfuller]

Hello Manuj19

Welcome to the forum.

In KDE there is a section under "Input Devices" in "System Settings" dedicated to the touchpad.

Tapping is usually turned off by default.

See if turning it on there makes a difference.

I haven't tried since F15 final, but in some of the early testing F15's that didn't work either. It was necessary to create the configuration file manually. If that turns out still to be the case, post back and we'll see what can be done.

[Manuj19]

Hello Manuj19

Welcome to the forum.

In KDE there is a section under "Input Devices" in "System Settings" dedicated to the touchpad.

Tapping is usually turned off by default.

See if turning it on there makes a difference.

I haven't tried since F15 final, but in some of the early testing F15's that didn't work either. It was necessary to create the configuration file manually. If that turns out still to be the case, post back and we'll see what can be done.

Thanks for replying
I have checked input output touchpad tapping settings and it is already enabled. Still no luck.

[whyMe]

Thanks for replying
I have checked input output touchpad tapping settings and it is already enabled. Still no luck.

i had the same problem when i installed fedora 15.....
u should make following settings in "system settings"(see attached pic)
and then restart OR ALT+F2+r+ENTER to see changes......:)

[Manuj19]

i had the same problem when i installed fedora 15.....
u should make following settings in "system settings"(see attached pic)
and then restart OR ALT+F2+r+ENTER to see changes......:)

Thanks for replying but i have the following settings as shown in image

[bbfuller]

Hello Manuj19

Take a look in your:

.kde/share/config

folder for a file named:

kcmtouchpadrc

If it is in place, look for the line:

TapButton1=

blank after the equals or zero turns the touchpad tapping off:

TapButton1=1

turns on tapping.

If that doesn't fix it, post back and we'll think again.

[whyMe]

Thanks for replying but i have the following settings as shown in image

oops....:doh:
i posted settings for GNOME....
just go to home/.kde/share/config/kcmtouchpadrc and change the following settings--->
i have these :-

[Touchpad]
CircScrollDelta=1
CircScrollTrigger=0
CircularScrolling=0
ClickTime=100
CoastingSpeed=0.4
CornerCoasting=0
FingerLow=2
HorizEdgeScroll=1
HorizScrollDelta=106
HorizTwoFingerScroll=0
LBCornerButton=0
LTCornerButton=0
MaxDoubleTapTime=180
MaxTapMove=234
MaxTapTime=180
RBCornerButton=0
RTCornerButton=0
SingleTapTimeout=180
TapButton1=1
TapButton2=3
TapButton3=2
TouchpadOff=0
VertEdgeScroll=1
VertScrollDelta=101
VertTwoFingerScroll=0


i'll definitely help....

[Manuj19]

To 'Whyme' and 'bbfuller'

Thanks but there is not any kcmtouchpadrc config file in that folder. :confused: I have provided a screenshot

[bbfuller]

Hello Manuj19

Yes, I've had that happen.

If you copy and paste the text that "whyMe" provided into a text editor, not a wordprocessor, and save it as that file in that place, it should work.

Doing it this way, you'll need to log out of KDE and back in again for the changes to be noticed.

You'll probably find then that the graphical tool will work as well.

[whyMe]

To 'Whyme' and 'bbfuller'

Thanks but there is not any kcmtouchpadrc config file in that folder. :confused: I have provided a screenshot

no......
u searched at wrong place......
i said to go to home/.kde
please follow exact path.....
here is the screenshot for ur help-----
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lFg-Y-GyCV4/TgBX6LJcWEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/IKEFn_7-7ZA/s800/Screenshot.png
make sure that u can see hidden files [to access .kde]

[Manuj19]

I don't find .kde directory in home
Screenshot:

[whyMe]

I don't find .kde directory in home
Screenshot:

as i said u have to make sure that u can see hidden files.....
go to view > show hidden files........

[Manuj19]

Thanks 'why me' and 'bbfuller' my problem is solved.
The kcmtouchpadrc file was set to
Tapbutton1=0
Tapbutton1=0
Tapbutton1=0

So i changed the file exactly provided by 'why me' and a logout then it works.:D

Thank you everyone.

[whyMe]

Thanks 'why me' and 'bbfuller' my problem is solved.
The kcmtouchpadrc file was set to
Tapbutton1=0
Tapbutton1=0
Tapbutton1=0

So i changed the file exactly provided by 'why me' and a logout then it works.:D

Thank you everyone.

my pleasure buDDy.....:D