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X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

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X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

#1 Post by Jake.Werecat » Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:58 am

I am a long windows 7 user, however lately after win 7 support ended I am considering a transition. Yesterday I have installed Win 10 on a spare SSD, just to see how it behaves and if I was ready for that.
Spooky thing happens with Synaptics touchpad driver.
On win 7 I, as probably every thinkpad user does, use middle click as a middle click - for opening in new tabs, closing tabs in browser etc. It of course works for scrolling as well when clicked on website background. So, I have the function set to neither. (Setting it to scorlling is stupid, as then you can't us it for anything else, whilst you can scroll anyway when "neither" is selected)
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The situation is somewhat similar on Win 10. Scrolling for whatever reason is selected as default, but when I change it to "Use as a middle click" and use Apply or OK, and close the windows - nothing happens, the button is still in scrolling mode, opening the settings again reveals that radio button flipped itself back to scrolling. Issue is same no matter if I use mouse setting under "settings" or under "control panel"
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Anyone ever encountered such a problem? Any suggestions how to fix it?
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Re: X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

#2 Post by Jake.Werecat » Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:47 pm

Same issue described here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comme ... dle_click/
But without a solution.
And also here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comme ... _a_middle/
but presented solution does not work. It does turn off that scrolling pointer, but the button does not function properly.
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Re: X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

#3 Post by Jake.Werecat » Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:38 pm

As far as I did the reseach, there ain't no elegant solution for this bug, as well as as there is no explanation about the reason. But theres is a workaround.
One need to change the following registry values:

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HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2158515036-987303324-3988316896-1001\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\UltraNavPS2

TrackPointMode from 1214 -> 2214


HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2158515036-987303324-3988316896-1001\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTP\StickSMBTM2182

MiddleButtonAction from 0 -> 4

Some times the key can be called "stickPS2" instead of "StickSMBTM2182".
But regardless that, I gave up with Win 10. I guess I will keep Win 7 for the undefined future and meanwhile will work my way gradually towards linux.
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Re: X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

#4 Post by dr_st » Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:19 pm

Nice to know there is a workaround. Although you probably should use HKEY_CURRENT_USER and not some specific user in HKEY_USERS.
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Re: X230 Synaptics driver bug [pics]

#5 Post by Jake.Werecat » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:12 pm

Good point, that would be more universal, and one could even make a clickable *.reg file for instant workaround injection.
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