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scroll buttons not working on presario 700

Asked by Jrubins

Hello again, support gang!
I have a problem with the laptop, a compaq presario 700.
First, I'm running a new install of Ubuntu edgy. pretty much everything works great now that i have my <url>https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2669</url> wireless problem solved.

However they scroll buttons don't seem to work.
I have tried some of the solutions for mouse wheel scrolling, but that doesn't seem to work I also tried running this:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
which i screwed up badly enough to require reinstallation (whoops).
so, now I turn to you, dear support team.

I have looked at xev and got that the scroll buttons are being 'seen' by the system as:
up -- 1
down --3
left--2
right--8

I've also tried keytouch, but no laptop support there.
any ideas??
thanks a million.
James

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Jrubins (jrubins) said : 		#1

edit
that url should look like:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2669
sorry :)

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) said : 		#2

Hi James, you are not alone :) I have the same laptop, and I should update this page soon: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresario700
But I haven't figured out the scroll buttons :( I think they used to work once upon a time though.

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D-Evil (dj-soft) said : 		#3

Hi. I'm playing around with Kubuntu Gutsy Alpha 5 on Presario 700. Scrolling buttons ("joystick under touchpad) are working and scrolling on touchpad (by moving finger up and down on right side of area) is ok too. I remember there is a problem in Edgy with settings of touchpad. Try putting this in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf or replace your current configuration:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver "synaptics"
        Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
        Option "Protocol" "event"
        Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
        Option "SHMConfig" "True"
        Option "LockedDrags" "True"
        Option "LTCornerButton" "2"
        Option "LeftEdge" "2100"
        Option "RightEdge" "5200"
        Option "TopEdge" "2100"
        Option "BottomEdge" "4000"
EndSection

You can ommit LTCornerButton and LockedDrags options, I'm using them as replacement for my non-working left button. As you see, this sets edges of your touchpad (since every model is different and driver has to be universal). Please note that /dev/input/event3 may not be correct path for you. You can find the right one in symbolic link at /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio1-event-mouse. Numbers for edges may not fit your demands too, so you can change them on the fly by synclient command and write down correct numbers later.

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