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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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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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Grant |
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