How to enable Tap to click on MATE desktop (Debian 8.7 powerpc)
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Using advice from this forum, I got tap to click working in LXDE on my Powerbook G4 running Debian 8.7. I have since been experimenting with the MATE desktop, how do I get tap to click working in MATE?
Thank you.
debian touchpad mate powerpc
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Using advice from this forum, I got tap to click working in LXDE on my Powerbook G4 running Debian 8.7. I have since been experimenting with the MATE desktop, how do I get tap to click working in MATE?
Thank you.
debian touchpad mate powerpc
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asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
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Using advice from this forum, I got tap to click working in LXDE on my Powerbook G4 running Debian 8.7. I have since been experimenting with the MATE desktop, how do I get tap to click working in MATE?
Thank you.
debian touchpad mate powerpc
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
Using advice from this forum, I got tap to click working in LXDE on my Powerbook G4 running Debian 8.7. I have since been experimenting with the MATE desktop, how do I get tap to click working in MATE?
Thank you.
debian touchpad mate powerpc
debian touchpad mate powerpc
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
edited Feb 26 '17 at 17:57
Stephen Kitt
154k23339408
154k23339408
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
asked Jan 26 '17 at 8:12
Simon Baldwin
1021111
1021111
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How did you manage to do that under LXDE? It should be no different from that; after all, the technologies at base are the same.
Since LXDE has no specific control panel or anything of the sorts, I suspect you add some command to some startup file? That will work with mate desktop, too. If you can't find any such startup file, you can always use your ~/.Xsession to deal with that. In that file, you'd first have to place the command(s) that configure your touchpad, and after that you'd place the correct command to start mate desktop.
This solution will work for whatever graphical environment you're using, not just mate.
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
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To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
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Follow these steps. It worked for me. My notebook is SAMSUMG NP270E5G-KDRBR corei5 Debian9 with MATE
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
After go to: System - Preferences - Hardware - Mouse
click in the tab Touchpad
check the option: enable mouse clicks with touchpad
reboot
I hope this helps.
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
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If synaptics isn't working for you, check to see if you have a non-synaptics touch pad:
$ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
If you do not find a synaptics touch pad, but one from a different vendor (mine is an Elantech touchpad for example), try the following commands:
$ apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput,evdev,mouse
$ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
$ echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
$ systemctl restart lightdm
If restarting lightdm doesn't work, try rebooting your computer.
More information: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad#Enable_tapping_on_touchpad
answered 1 min ago
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3 Answers
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How did you manage to do that under LXDE? It should be no different from that; after all, the technologies at base are the same.
Since LXDE has no specific control panel or anything of the sorts, I suspect you add some command to some startup file? That will work with mate desktop, too. If you can't find any such startup file, you can always use your ~/.Xsession to deal with that. In that file, you'd first have to place the command(s) that configure your touchpad, and after that you'd place the correct command to start mate desktop.
This solution will work for whatever graphical environment you're using, not just mate.
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
How did you manage to do that under LXDE? It should be no different from that; after all, the technologies at base are the same.
Since LXDE has no specific control panel or anything of the sorts, I suspect you add some command to some startup file? That will work with mate desktop, too. If you can't find any such startup file, you can always use your ~/.Xsession to deal with that. In that file, you'd first have to place the command(s) that configure your touchpad, and after that you'd place the correct command to start mate desktop.
This solution will work for whatever graphical environment you're using, not just mate.
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
How did you manage to do that under LXDE? It should be no different from that; after all, the technologies at base are the same.
Since LXDE has no specific control panel or anything of the sorts, I suspect you add some command to some startup file? That will work with mate desktop, too. If you can't find any such startup file, you can always use your ~/.Xsession to deal with that. In that file, you'd first have to place the command(s) that configure your touchpad, and after that you'd place the correct command to start mate desktop.
This solution will work for whatever graphical environment you're using, not just mate.
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
How did you manage to do that under LXDE? It should be no different from that; after all, the technologies at base are the same.
Since LXDE has no specific control panel or anything of the sorts, I suspect you add some command to some startup file? That will work with mate desktop, too. If you can't find any such startup file, you can always use your ~/.Xsession to deal with that. In that file, you'd first have to place the command(s) that configure your touchpad, and after that you'd place the correct command to start mate desktop.
This solution will work for whatever graphical environment you're using, not just mate.
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
answered Jan 26 '17 at 9:31
Wouter Verhelst
7,306833
7,306833
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
add a comment |Â
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
To get it working in LXDE, I created a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf and added the necessary commands. I can confirm that this doesn't affect the Mate desktop as I am using it now and I cannot tap to click or use two-fingered scrolling. Both features now work in LXDE.
– Simon Baldwin
Jan 26 '17 at 17:12
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
But not when I enable the Mate desktop.
– Simon Baldwin
Feb 27 '17 at 12:03
add a comment |Â
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Follow these steps. It worked for me. My notebook is SAMSUMG NP270E5G-KDRBR corei5 Debian9 with MATE
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
After go to: System - Preferences - Hardware - Mouse
click in the tab Touchpad
check the option: enable mouse clicks with touchpad
reboot
I hope this helps.
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
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Follow these steps. It worked for me. My notebook is SAMSUMG NP270E5G-KDRBR corei5 Debian9 with MATE
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
After go to: System - Preferences - Hardware - Mouse
click in the tab Touchpad
check the option: enable mouse clicks with touchpad
reboot
I hope this helps.
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Follow these steps. It worked for me. My notebook is SAMSUMG NP270E5G-KDRBR corei5 Debian9 with MATE
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
After go to: System - Preferences - Hardware - Mouse
click in the tab Touchpad
check the option: enable mouse clicks with touchpad
reboot
I hope this helps.
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
Follow these steps. It worked for me. My notebook is SAMSUMG NP270E5G-KDRBR corei5 Debian9 with MATE
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
After go to: System - Preferences - Hardware - Mouse
click in the tab Touchpad
check the option: enable mouse clicks with touchpad
reboot
I hope this helps.
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
answered Jan 28 at 5:10
chmod777
113
113
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If synaptics isn't working for you, check to see if you have a non-synaptics touch pad:
$ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
If you do not find a synaptics touch pad, but one from a different vendor (mine is an Elantech touchpad for example), try the following commands:
$ apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput,evdev,mouse
$ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
$ echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
$ systemctl restart lightdm
If restarting lightdm doesn't work, try rebooting your computer.
More information: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad#Enable_tapping_on_touchpad
answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
13314
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
If synaptics isn't working for you, check to see if you have a non-synaptics touch pad:
$ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
If you do not find a synaptics touch pad, but one from a different vendor (mine is an Elantech touchpad for example), try the following commands:
$ apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput,evdev,mouse
$ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
$ echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
$ systemctl restart lightdm
If restarting lightdm doesn't work, try rebooting your computer.
More information: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad#Enable_tapping_on_touchpad
answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
13314
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
If synaptics isn't working for you, check to see if you have a non-synaptics touch pad:
$ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
If you do not find a synaptics touch pad, but one from a different vendor (mine is an Elantech touchpad for example), try the following commands:
$ apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput,evdev,mouse
$ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
$ echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
$ systemctl restart lightdm
If restarting lightdm doesn't work, try rebooting your computer.
More information: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad#Enable_tapping_on_touchpad
answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
13314
If synaptics isn't working for you, check to see if you have a non-synaptics touch pad:
$ egrep -i 'synap|alps|etps|elan' /proc/bus/input/devices
If you do not find a synaptics touch pad, but one from a different vendor (mine is an Elantech touchpad for example), try the following commands:
$ apt-get purge xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput,evdev,mouse
$ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
$ echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
$ systemctl restart lightdm
If restarting lightdm doesn't work, try rebooting your computer.
More information: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad#Enable_tapping_on_touchpad
answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
13314
answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
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answered 1 min ago
Gogeta70
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answered 1 min ago
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