Re: touchscreen issue

[dagecko@free.fr]

Thanks all for the replies. If I submitted here for a bug, this was
because tools for KDE or gnome didn't make the "tap" tool to work.

And since now xorg.conf doesn't come by default with xorg, I didn't
thought about it. Thanks ael for pointed it, it did the job !

Sorry for the disturb :)

----- "ael" <law_ence.dev@ntlworld.com> a écrit :

> On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 02:37:02PM +0100, dagecko@free.fr wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I don't really know where to ask for it. So I start on this list.
> > 
> > The touchpad of my laptop works well, but I can't make the
> > "click on the touchpad works", meaning I must use the touchpad
> buttons
> > to click, double-click and so on.
> 
> I think that you just need to include the appropriate InputClass
> section
> in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> 
> For example. on my netbook I have:
> 
> Section "InputClass"
> 
>         Identifier      "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> 
>         Option  "LeftEdge"      "1700"
>         Option  "RightEdge"     "5700"
>         Option  "TopEdge"       "1700"
>         Option  "BottomEdge"    "5100"
>         Option  "FingerLow"     "25"
>         Option  "FingerHigh"    "30"
>         Option  "MaxTapTime"    "180"
>         Option  "MaxTapMove"    "220"
>         Option  "VertScrollDelta"       "100"
>         Option  "MinSpeed"      "0.09"
>         Option  "MaxSpeed"      "0.6"
>         Option  "HorizEdgeScroll"       "true"
>         Option  "TapButton1"    "1"
>         Option  "SHMConfig"     "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Obviously these parameters may not be suitable for your touchpad, so
> you will probably need to modify the entries. lshal should show you
> the right Identifier string for your system. 
> 
> This is probably better (more fundamental) than using any
> xfce/gname/kde
> tools that may or may not exist. Also likely to be more flexible.
> 
> This is not amd64 specific: rather an xorg question. I don't know a
> good
> way to support the touchpad properly on standard (non-X) terminals:
> gpm
> seems only to do treat the pad like a mouse.
> 
> ael
> 
> 
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