[arch-general] [signoff] kernel26-2.6.38-1

[Emmanuel Benisty]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Erik Johnson <palehose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Emmanuel Benisty <benisty.e at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> that's because there's some new multitouch code that has been merged,
>> you should be able to scroll with two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
>> now, this became the default behaviour. To get back the old style,
>> just add:
>> Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
>> to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf (or whatever it is called on
>> your machine)
>>
>
> Weirdly, this wasn't the case on my desktop (x86_64 kernel w/nvidia
> driver). The edge scrolling works fine there, and it isn't explicitly turned
> on. On my netbook (i686 w/intel video driver) is where it doesn't work. I'll
> check the X configuration there when I get a chance, but I'm guessing this
> will probably be the case.

I guess it's because your other touchpad does not have the same capabilities.