[Nix-dev] How to fix the "jumping" touch pad on EeePC

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 07/19/2011 08:46 AM, Peter Simons wrote:

> I installed NixOS on my EeePC, using Linux kernel 2.6.38. The system works
> great, but the touch pad had the habit of making the mouse pointer "jump"
> every time I touched it. It's a little hard describe what I mean, but you'll
> recognize the phenomenon when you see it. :-)
>
> Anyway, there is an easy fix for the problem -- add the following line to
> /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
>
>    boot.extraModprobeConfig = "options psmouse proto=exps";
>
> Then run "nixos-rebuild switch" and reboot.

I have the following configuration for my EeePC:

   services.xserver.synaptics.enable = true;
   services.xserver.synaptics.twoFingerScroll = true;

Maybe that also fixes the problem.

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/