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On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>wrote: |
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> Can anybody point me to a hint on how to configure synaptics touchapad |
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> sensitivity? |
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> The touchpad on my Thinkpad T500 is so sensitive you don't even have |
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> to touch it. Merely bringing a thumb or finger within 1/8 - 1/4 inch |
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> will cause the cursor to twitch spasmodically for a second and then |
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> jump to the lower left corner of the screen. Once you have a finger |
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> on the touchpad, it seems to work OK. |
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> I've figured out how to disable it temporarily using the "xinput" |
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> command, but I would like to actually get it working right. |
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> All the docs I can find seem to assume two things: |
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> 1) an xorg.conf file |
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> 2) the xf86-input-synpatics driver |
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> I'm using neither. |
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> I decided finally to give in and let Xorg use HAL like it wants to by |
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> default when you do a Gentoo install. |
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> I have a Thinkpad T61 and I do not use xorg.conf. But I am using HAL. The |
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touchpad works pretty good. |
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You can adjust synaptics changing the configuration on the |
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/etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi file. |
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man 4 synaptic can give you a lot of extra options. |
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> What a huge mistake. I really, really hate HAL. With xorg.conf, all |
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> the settings were in one file, in an easy to read, easy to edit |
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> format. Now with HAL, they're scattered over several files. And to |
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> make sure you can't edit or read them, they're in XML. I have no idea |
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> what "problem" HAL is supposed to be solving, but it apprently wasn't |
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> a problem I ever had -- AFAICT HAL is nothing but pain. |
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> -- |
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> Grant |
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