Thanks for the link! My kernel went from 3.16 to 4.4 but still no scrolling.
also: lsmod|grep -iE "apple|cyapa|sermouse|synap|psmouse|vsxx|bcm" btbcm 16384 1 btusb bluetooth 516096 24 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,btintel psmouse 122880 0 And freeciv looks a lot nicer as well :) Maybe there are some configuration changes needing to be done for X after all. /fuumind On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:20:03 +0100 David Hare <davidah...@gmail.com> wrote: > deb http://packages.devuan.org/merged jessie-backports main > > in your sources.list.. Do be careful to comment that line immediately > after use, I'm not the only one who had problems with unintentional > "upgrades" from backports. > > Some of my posts might not have made the list properly, my usual mail > client is temporarily out of order. > > > > On 26 April 2016 at 08:12, fuumind <fuum...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > > I doubt that my hardware is too new. It is a Dell Latitude E6410 that I > > bought second hand a couple of years ago. :) > > > > How would I go about upgrading to a backported kernel? Is there a repo > > somewhere I can use or do I need to build it myself? > > > > /fuumind > > > > > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:27:39 -0400 > > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:01:46AM +0100, David Hare wrote: > >> > On 26 April 2016 at 02:00, David Hare <davidah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > I recently did a devuan-based install on a quite new Dell laptop. > >> > > Many things did not work properly (sound, wlan, touchpad). A newer > >> > > "backport" kernel sorted it all. > >> > > > >> > > On 25 April 2016 at 20:19, fuumind <fuum...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> > >> > >> I am trying to get touchpad scrolling working on my new Devuan setup. > >> > >> So far I've figured out that it is probably pmouse that is driving > >> > >> the hardware by stealing the following from > >> > >> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/131432/which-driver-is-handling-my-touchpad > >> > >> : > >> > >> > >> I've been using devuan since sometime last year on an old eeepc > >> netbook, maybe 5 years old. It just worked. Could it be that your > >> hardware is too new? I find its touchpad to be something of a nuisance. > >> I touch it by accident and things go strange. I prefer to use my USB > >> wireless mouse. > >> > >> David Hare had success with a backported kernel. > >> > >> I've had problems like this a few times with new hardware. My ten year > >> old server wouldn't do X when it was new. Regular updates, and it > >> worked fine after about six months. > >> > >> Mind you, as a server it was OK that it only did text terminals for a > >> while. > >> > >> -- hendrik > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> lsmod|grep -iE "apple|cyapa|sermouse|synap|psmouse|vsxx|bcm" > >> > >> > >> > >> and getting > >> > >> > >> > >> psmouse 99249 0 > >> > >> > >> > >> Apart from this all I seem to be able to find on the net is alot > >> > >> about setting up X for synaptics. > >> > >> > >> > >> As I am unsure how to proceed I would appreciate any guidance! > >> > >> > >> > >> /fuumind > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Dng mailing list > >> > >> Dng@lists.dyne.org > >> > >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Dng mailing list > >> > Dng@lists.dyne.org > >> > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dng mailing list > >> Dng@lists.dyne.org > >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > > > > -- > > fuumind <fuum...@openmailbox.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
