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Topic: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

I cannot get horizontal scrolling to remain enabled after a shutdown/reboot. I have to run 

synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1

every time I log in. I've added it to my autostart.sh but no dice.

## Detect and configure touchpad. See 'man synclient' for more info.
if egrep -iq 'touchpad' /proc/bus/input/devices; then
    synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 &
    [b]synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1 &[/b]
    synclient TapButton1=1 &
fi

I've also tried synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1 --restore & and a few other variations that I don't recall off hand. Any thoughts?

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Have you tried without putting it in an if statement? What if you run it using a terminal like

terminator -x "synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1" &
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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Many thanks for this info.
My trusty old HP NC6000 with Statler2 had vertical scrolling enabled out the box with the synaptics driver.
I tried using horizontal scrolling and it didn't work, so I assumed the mousepad wouldn't cope with it.
I thought I would give the command  "synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1" from above a try and lo and behold, it works!
So I have stuck it in my .bashrc now and am a happy bunny.

Just goes to show - there is more to discover when you think you have found it all.

(P.S. I put Statler2 on a newer HP DV2500 and the mousepad was atrocious)

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

anonymous wrote:

Have you tried without putting it in an if statement? What if you run it using a terminal like

terminator -x "synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1" &

Command not found.



Nigel, have you rebooted and had Horizontal Scrolling remain on? If so, what exactly did you do?

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

warfacegod(!?)
I always open a terminal when I log on so I put the line in .bashrc.
If you don't use a terminal very often, you could try putting it in /etc/profile or
in /etc/rc.local (before last line)

as long as it is run before you start firefox, or whatever needs it it will work.
(providing your hardware has the capability)

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Thanks for replying. What line exactly do I need to put in my bashrc? I assume that's bash.bashrc that I found with catfish. Sorry, utter noob when it comes to things like modifying text files like this.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

I fixed it. Sort of. Okay, so it's more of a work around than a fix but at this point, I don't care. I got sick of having to start a Terminal and enter:

synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1

every time I started my laptop. I had the idea (finally) of making a switch for it in my Openbox menu. Like this:

terminator --command="synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1"

I was fulling expecting to need to close the terminal afterward but, as it turns out, it closes itself immediately. Well the switch worked so I figured, what the hell, I should put it in my autostart.sh and see what happens. It works that way too. The Terminal flashes for a split second but I can deal with that. I may try setting the terminal --geometry to 1X1 and see if that works.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Glad you fixed it (most solutions are little 'fixes' that suit you at the time).
It also helps you learn stuff along the way!

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Thanks.



Setting the --geometry 1x1 works to get rid of the quick flash of terminal on startup.

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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

Hi,
only for Information.
It also works without terminal, the only thing I do, is adding following line in "autostart.sh"

#Switch Horizontral Scrolling on
(sleep 2s && synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1)&

and it works.
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Re: [Resolved. Mostly.] Horizontal scrolling will not auto start.

I'll give that a try once I own a working laptop again. Thanks.

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