On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:53:03PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:01:03 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message > <20181030180103.7xwhnvyqbs6zn...@topoi.pooq.com>: > > > I use Devuan on a Purism laptop. Purism's OS is based on Debian, and > > has become contaminated with systemd. > > ..they blindly accepted it? > > > So, naturally, I replaced it with Devuan. > > ..any response on that from puri.sm? > > > It works very well, except for a problem with the touchpad. > > > > I can move the mouse pointer around by stroking the touch pad and I > > can do the usual left-click by pressing on the touchpad. I can do > > two-finger scrolling as well. > > > > On Purism's OS though I couls get a right-click by pushing down with > > two fingers, and a centre-click by pushing down with three fingers. > > This does not work on Devuan. To get these clicks I have resorted to > > a separate physical USB mouse. > > > > Is there any way to get this right- and centre-click emulation working > > on Devuan? Perhaps some missing driver or configuration? > > > ..does this recipe work?: > https://www.evilcodingmonkey.com/2014/01/23/ubuntu-activate-multi-touch-on-elantech/
I'm ever cautious. Haven't tried it yet. Am currently trying to figure out what is does. It appears to obtain an Ubuntu driver for the touchpad, which a bit of net search suggests is from Elantech, and then replaces the existing driver with it. My question is this: How do I undo this if things go wrong? I'd still presumably be able to boot to a text-only console, but what do I do then? -- hendrik > > ..found it here: > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Elantech+Multitouch+Trackpad&ia=web > > ..https://duckduckgo.com/?q=PureOS+%22Elantech+Multitouch+Trackpad%22&ia=images > finds: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1166442 > > > I'm using ascii with LXQt. > > > > -- hendrik > > > > -- > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > _______________________________________________ > 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
