The problem (and the solution) that I bring you next comes from our forum, where the user mok, after updating your Debian with KDE, began to have problems with the touchpad, which lost the configuration it had previously.
The solution to your problem was offered by the user josbergutiara which told him the following:
I have Debian Testing KDE (64-bit) with the Kernel 3.10 and to always configure the Touchpad I just edit the following file:
nano /etc/rc.local
And just before the line exit 0 you must add the code provided by the wiki at index 7.
It is just adding the following code just before exit 0
rmmod psmouse modprobe psmouse proto = imps
They save the file and it only remains to restart the PC. With this you should already have the touchpad working correctly.
Other solution
The previous solution solved (worth the redundancy) our friend's problem. Anyway, if someone comes across the same situation, you can do as stated on the Debian Wiki:
If you're using a generic touchpad, but it's not working as it should, you can run the following commands to get it working right away:
modprobe-r psmouse modprobe psmouse proto = imps
To make this change permanent, create a file called touchpad.conf en /etc/modprobe.d/, and puts the following line in it:
options psmouse proto=imps
No need to install gsynaptics, synaptic, tpconfig or edit the file xorg.conf. All you need is to pass the kernel options to the psmouse module.
Source: Debian Wiki
Elav, thanks for the guy. Regards. 🙂
It is tip.
I remember that once I did it and it activated the click but I could not scroll. Maybe I'll make a post about how I solved it in Openbox.
Well, it would be very useful for those who use Crunchbang and / or Debian + Openbox.
It would be very helpful because I have that problem 🙂
Incredible that you have to be modifying configuration files and executing commands to enable something as simple as a touchpad.
Now I understand when people say that Linux is difficult
Let's see .. So that a flame does not arise, I will respond cordially. Linux is not difficult, it is difficult to try to reverse engineer because manufacturers do not want to collaborate if they are not paid money. But it is even more difficult to accept by many, that even after so much work, some devices work better than with their original drivers.
End of story.
Perfect, it worked for me on my Linux Mint Debian Edition, thanks
regards
Hello Elav, the tip is very good.
In particular, I wanted to comment that it worked a little better for me to use synclient to configure it by command line, as explained in the Cookie post (https://blog.desdelinux.net/tip-activar-click-con-el-touchpad-en-openbox/). Scrolling and multi-finger use can be configured.
Definitely the best thing about free software is that there will always be more than one solution to any difficulty that arises in our system, it is only a matter of researching, reading and above all reading official documentation of the different distributions and packages that Gnu offers us / Linux, and of course there is also the option to support each other as a community, we will always find a helping hand willing to help us, thanks for the mention one day I will write an article about my trajectory and perspective of the Linux world, because I have learned a lot and know the importance that They have communities in a world that seeks freedom and where those who want to break the paradigm of the traditional want to exclude us or come to treat with indifference as it currently happens to me in my work, Dial because Linux is not Easy and really everything It depends on the aptitude and the way in which you approach a new knowledge as they say, there is no one born learned and you are still in time to learn der ,,, also, it is never too late because every day we learn new things.
I don't usually comment, but this really worked for me.
MANY THANKS!!! It worked wonders for me !!
I'm starting to dabble in Debian, I was looking for an OS for a fairly economical netbook in resources, and I installed Bunsenlabs, the continuation of CrunchBang, now let's try it! MANY GARCIAS AGAIN !!!
It did not work for me I have an asus and I use debian I hope you can help me