Comment 45 for bug 247608

etcOn Fri, 2008-10-17 at 11:33 +0000, elhoir wrote:
> i have a Packard Bell EasyNote (i dont know the exact model, i think its
> W) laptop and i cant scroll with the touchpad too. My contact email is
> <email address hidden>, if you want me some data
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> In all the earlier versions of Ubuntu I was able to scroll with my
> touchpad (on the right side) on my Dell D830 laptop but Intrepid does
> not do this as default. I don't know a way to enable it, it does not
> seem to be possible trough the GUI.
>
> Fixed:
> Latitude D830
>
> Bug still appears on:
> Inspiron 600M
> Inspiron 8600
>
> If you have one of these laptops please test the scrolling-capability
> and report here.
> -
> - EDIT - i have a Packard Bell EasyNote (i dont know the exact model, i
> - think its W) laptop and i cant scroll with the touchpad too. My contact
> - email is <email address hidden>, if you want me some data
>
Drop a file in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ called touchpad.fdi. In it, paste
this:
===============
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
          <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
               <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig"
type="string">true</merge>
               <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
               <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
          </match>
     </device>
</deviceinfo>
===============

Then restart X and see if it works.

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Chow Loong Jin