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From: Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with xorg-server-1.5.2, hal and synaptics on a Samsung NC10
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:15:33
Message-Id: 6142e6140903060015w3d8ae9c1m7fe513f40bf5181d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Trouble with xorg-server-1.5.2, hal and synaptics on a Samsung NC10 by Dragos Petre
1 2009/3/6 Dragos Petre <drpetrea@×××××.com>:
2 > Hi, everybody!
3 >
4 > I have recently upgraded to x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2 and since then I've
5 > started having problems with my touchpad although IMO I have followed the
6 > correct steps to migrate to hal-based hotplugging. My computer is a Samsung
7 > NC10 netbook with a Synaptics Touchpad.
8 >
9 > I have basic mouse functionality, i.e. cursor move and button click, but no
10 > tapping, edge scrolling etc although according to hal-device the correct
11 > options are loaded - please see below
12 >
13 > I cannot use synclient as I get a
14 > Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
15 > error.
16 >
17 > One give-away of what the issue may be is that Xorg.0.log shows the
18 > synaptics device to be "configured as mouse". Does that make any sense?
19 >
20 > I'm using sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r9, sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8 and
21 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-r2 although I have tried
22 > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.0.0 to no avail.
23 >
24 > You can find below the output/content of
25 > hal-device
26 > xorg.conf
27 > Xorg.0.log
28 > emerge --info
29 >
30
31 And what about your x11-input.fdi? I guess you don't have one! Take a
32 look here [1] for a documented example.
33 If you want xorg-server and hal working you need:
34
35 xorg-server built with hal use flag and evdev as input-device.
36 comment out the input sections in xorg.conf.
37 a fdi file placed at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi (basically
38 the configuration done in xorg.conf prior is now done in this file)
39
40 [1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/config/x11-input.fdi
41
42 --
43 Regards,
44 Daniel

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