To enable touchpad: $ doas mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ doas cp /usr/X11R6/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ Add this section to the top of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf: Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" # MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on" EndSection Here is a sample full config: # Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver # to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on # InputClass. # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite # it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first. # Additional options may be added in the form of # Option "OptionName" "value" # #Section "InputClass" # Identifier "touchpad catchall" # Driver "synaptics" # MatchIsTouchpad "on" ## This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be ## enabled by default. See the following link for details: ## http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html ## MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" #EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" # MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on" EndSection Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchOS "Linux" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*" Option "Ignore" "on" EndSection # This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads # and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads # with a top button area. # This option is only interpreted by clickpads. Section "InputClass" Identifier "Default clickpad buttons" MatchDriver "synaptics" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50%25 0 82%25 0 0 0 0 0" Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58%25 0 0 15%25 42%25 58%25 0 15%25" EndSection # This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads. # This option is only interpreted by clickpads. Section "InputClass" Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads" MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974" MatchDriver "synaptics" Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection Restart openbsd and changes should apply.