Thinkpad T450s show "Unable to find a synaptics device" when run `perl xSwipe.pl` about xswipe HOT 10 OPEN

Try the following upon login:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse

Works for me.

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Same problem here. Compiled and installed driver (from Chosko). Touchpad stops working after login. Synclient says it's not loaded.

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Same problem!Hope to get a solution.Thanks.

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Thanks much for your help!But it doesn't work for me.Here's the hint.

Smartmatch is experimental at ./xSwipe.pl line 121.
Unable to find a synaptics device.
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

init_synclient

Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

@area_setting: []

$touchpad_size_h: 0

$touchpad_size_w: 0

$x_min_thredshould: 0

$y_min_thredshould: 0

$inner_edge_left: '0'

$inner_edge_right: '0'

$inner_edge_top: '0'

$inner_edge_bottom: '0'

$session_name: 'ubuntu'

Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

init

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Have you installed the modified synaptics driver from Chosko?

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I just follow the README. Do you mean this?

NOTE: If using Ubuntu14.04, or later

Install older version synaptics driver that is compatible with xSwipe.

$ sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libevdev-dev autoconf automake libmtdev-dev xorg-dev xutils-dev libtool
$ sudo apt-get remove -y xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ git clone https://github.com/Chosko/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.git
$ cd xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure --exec_prefix=/usr
$ make
$ sudo make install

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Yes. After that, using modprobe solves the issue for me as I described above. I cannot help you further than that. :-(

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OK.Anyway, I really appreciate for your help and patience!

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For some machines, this will likely be linked to libinput. Several distros are moving away from synaptics drivers, and are starting to use libinput instead. I have the same issue on fedora 24, and I think it's because fedora no longer uses synaptics drivers, they use libinput instead. Not sure if xSwipe is compatible with libinput yet.

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I upgrade my system to Ubuntu 14.04.1 and problem solved!

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