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On Monday 27 December 2010 19:20:30 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:21 +0000, John wrote: |
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> > Should we still be using xorg.conf as a few years |
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> > ago or not using a xorg.conf file unless we have to? |
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> Or use files in xorg.conf.d, which makes maintenance easier. |
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The xorg 1.9 has not behaved very nicely on my laptops, while it has been |
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trouble free on my desktops. |
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It seems that the settings in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf cause |
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evdev to capture the touchpad and keyboard devices and leave no chance to |
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synaptics and kbd drivers (there's also a bug with the synaptics driver which |
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is worked around by adding MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" in |
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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf). |
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The solution I found was to add: |
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Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" |
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in Section "ServerLayout" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then comment out the |
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touchpad and keyboard sections of the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf |
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file. |
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After that was taken care of, the keyboard settings in xorg.conf and the |
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synaptics settings in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf started |
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being recognised. |
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This is my /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf: |
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Section "InputClass" |
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Identifier "touchpad catchall" |
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Driver "synaptics" |
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MatchIsTouchpad "on" |
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MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" |
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Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" |
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Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" |
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Option "TapButton1" "1" |
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Option "ClickButton1" "1" |
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Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" |
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Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" |
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Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" |
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EndSection |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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