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Finally... The touchpad works great!
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10-04-2021, 07:54 AM (This post was last modified: 10-04-2021, 12:07 PM by vajak. Edit Reason: add screenshot uris )
For people using vanilla Debian on the PBP, in addtion to the touchpad's firmware upgrade, it makes quite a difference to install and properly configure the package 'xserver-xorg-input-synaptics'. 

There is a nice configuration interface for it added to the xfce4 mouse and touchpad settings once it has been installed.

Before: i.imgur.com/rVLvP6v.png
After: i.imgur.com/E3lIq9n.png

While i prefer and am exclusively used to Thinkpad trackpoints (the PBP is my first real exposure to touchpads), this package made me much less dislike the touchpad driven pointing interface.
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Finally... The touchpad works great! - by dsimic - 07-28-2021, 09:08 AM
Last update - worse for me - by Nurb432 - 08-16-2021, 11:48 AM
RE: Last update - worse for me - by moonwalkers - 08-16-2021, 03:41 PM
RE: Last update - worse for me - by Nurb432 - 08-16-2021, 04:47 PM
RE: Finally... The touchpad works great! - by wdt - 08-17-2021, 06:54 PM
RE: Finally... The touchpad works great! - by vajak - 10-04-2021, 07:54 AM
RE: Finally... The touchpad works great! - by JtR - 09-28-2022, 06:38 PM
Touchpad won't stay disabled - by Jonathan Tippy - 03-11-2023, 08:08 PM

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