Bug#374979: tapping doesn't work in kde-applications for kde 3.5

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Package: kde
Version: 5:47
Severity: normal

Hello,

I recently upgraded sarge to etch (IBM thinkpad). Suddenly tapping doesn't 
work any more. I checked control center and it is activated. Now, I realise 
that tapping works for non-kde applications (eg. firefox, but not konqueror, 
kate, etc.). Even more funny: it works if I tap on a link in a web page opened 
by konqueror, but it doesn't work, if I tap on the top menu of konqueror, the 
task bar or any other kde-application I tried. 

Tapping works on kdm's login shell. If I create a new user, tapping works for 
the initial configuration wizard. It doesn't work any more once the wizard is 
finished. 

I tried various combinations of options for control centre's touch pad entry, 
but none seems apt to reactivate 'ordinary' tapping behaviour, ie. tapping on 
a menue item activates it. I always have to klick on the touch pad's mouse 
button. 

Furthermore there are no help pages available for touch pad configuration. 

Thank's for the good work,

Johannes



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
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  APT policy: (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages kde depends on:
ii  kde-amusements                5:47       the K Desktop Environment games an
ii  kde-core                      5:47       the K Desktop Environment core mod
ii  kdeaccessibility              4:3.5.3-1  accessibility packages from the of
ii  kdeaddons                     4:3.5.2-1  add-on plugins and applets provide
ii  kdeadmin                      4:3.5.3-1  system administration tools from t
ii  kdeartwork                    4:3.5.3-1  themes, styles and more from the o
ii  kdegraphics                   4:3.5.3-1  graphics apps from the official KD
ii  kdemultimedia                 4:3.5.2-2  multimedia apps from the official 
ii  kdenetwork                    4:3.5.3-1  network-related apps from the offi
ii  kdepim                        4:3.5.2-1  KDE Personal Information Managemen
ii  kdeutils                      4:3.5.3-1  general purpose utilities from the
ii  kdewebdev                     4:3.4.3-2  web development apps from the offi

kde recommends no packages.

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