I've tried various drivers and distros -- had a driver working under gentoo (xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0). I thinks the clickpad is a complicated device that has not been fully reverse engineered. SuSe has it working to an extent. I had an envy which i sold because of it. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Paul Allen Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello to all: > > I have a HP Pavilion dv6-3225dx that was installed with Win7 and I am > trying to dual-boot with F14. I've managed to do that, but I am seeing > totally wacko action out of the mouse (which is a touchpad with a > movement area and two "buttons" below"). The long and short of it is > two-fold > > 1) the right mouse button seems to be non-existent and, if there is a > left-mouse action to be had, it mirrors that. But for things that have a > distinct right-mouse action (setting the number of workspaces or pinning > the terminal to the upper toolbar), it doesn't see them > > 2) even though I have disabled scrolling on the touchpad, if I put two > fingers on the touchpad, it goes shooting all over the place (detailed > exam indicates it is getting a continuous y change and I can't figure > out what the x is doing) > > I googled the machines and didn't see anything above and beyond hp not > having any drivers other than Win7. I looked into firmware under fedora > and didn't see anything for touchpads. When I did the initial install, > F14 barked about needing a firmware update, but that vanished once I did > a yum update. > > I am not seeing any other problems with the install, but can't test too > far with a mouse that seems to like > "pick-drug-of-your-choice-so-long-as-it-is-an-upper" > > Suggestions? ... I would hate to have to give up on a Fedora capability > for this machine as I want to do a dual-boot so I can eventually move to > "dumping" Windows. > > Thanks in advance, > Paul > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
