Bug#429839: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Fails to respond to "on-the-fly" config changes viaa synclient, qsynaptics, etc

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:11:28AM +0900, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:04:08AM -0500, James Allingham wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> > Version: 0.14.7~git20070517-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > 
> > The problem started after a recent update in Testing, and also applies 
> > to unstable. I can only alter touchpad config (eg enable/disable 
> > touchpad) by editing xorg.conf and restarting x. I have two laptops, a 
> > sony and a toshiba, and the problem applies to both of them. 
> 
> Ah, yes that should be fixed with the next upload. synclient is not
> aware of the new driver options.

sorry, I misread you report before.
Can you provide the output of "synclient -l"?
And your X logs as well.

> About qsynaptics and friends, they will need to be aligned as well. Will
> ping their maintainers tomorrow.

While I can understand that qsynaptics and gsynaptics may not work, that
shouldn't happen with synclient.

thanks
-- 
mattia
:wq!