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    Is there a way to downgrade the synaptics firmware?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by khaledseif, Jan 18, 2010.

  1. khaledseif

    khaledseif Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there a way to downgrade the synaptics firmware from v6.5 to v6.3 to allow multi touch?
     
    khaledseif, Jan 18, 2010
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    Should be as easy as simply uninstalling 6.5 via Control Panel, and then download and install 6.3.
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 18, 2010
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    No, i mean the firmware not the driver software
     
    khaledseif, Jan 18, 2010
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    Does anyone know the answer to this?
     
    wankel, Feb 21, 2010
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  5. H.A.L. 9000

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    I'm not sure you can change the firmware, as it's just a PS/2 device anyway. The multitouch feature is a feature of the drivers, not firmware. If it's a Synaptics touchpad made from 2004+ you can download Scrybe and have multitouch abilities.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Feb 21, 2010
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    The reason Im asking is because I have a touchpad that has multitouch abilities in windows, but linux will not acknowledge the touchpads ability to recognize more than one finger. I thought it might be a firmware issue
     
    wankel, Feb 21, 2010
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    Nope. It's a driver issue under whatever distro you're using. I believe HP uses multitouch on some of their ubuntu distros. Maybe you could pull an installer package from there?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Feb 22, 2010
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