Re: tpconfig

[Derek Broughton <dbroughton@netcom.ca>]

On November 16, 2001 06:08 am, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> > > Dell Inspiron 8100 running woody.  The touchpad is so sensitive
> > > that it's almost unusable.  I'm constantly clicking when I mean
> > > to only move the mouse.
> >
> > You've got to use the following settings in your XF86Config:
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >         Driver      "mouse"
> >         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> >         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
> >         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> > EndSection
>
> I have this section (with the exception that I have
> "Emulate3Buttons"  "yes")

Makes no difference - yes/no, true/false, 1/0 (iirc) are 
interchangeable.

> > And you should disable gpm for your mouse on the console.
>
> I currently don't have gpm installed.  I wasn't aware that it was
> required for tpconfig to work.  I interpreted the brief directions

Hmm.  I was sure that it _was_ needed, but given your experience I 
reinstalled tpconfig (finally in the Debian binaries) and tried again 
- viola!  "tpconfig --tapmode=0" works great.

>  Does tpconfig work ONLY with gpm? Anyone know why?  I assumed that

Obviously not, but I'm not the only person who had gathered that you 
had to use gpm.

> sensitivity.  After a bit, I realized that I seldom if ever use the
> tap function.  I'm more comfortable with the buttons, so I turned
> off tap under Windoze.  I'm trying to find a way to do the same
> under Linux, since I spend the majority of my time there.

I'm still not  exactly sure what tapmode does, but it doesn't disable 
tapping altogether - I still use it for left clicks - it just makes 
it manly (ie, insensitive :-) ).

> A new version of tpconfig was just released.  It supposedly works
> under X but requires patching the kernel.  There's a patch for
> 2.4.2 but I'm running 2.4.14 and so far haven't been able to get it
> to work.

I just downloaded as-is from debian testing, and no problem on 2.4.9

Thanks for giving me the impetus to finally get mine working right - 
now to see if I can teach it that a corner tap is a middle-button 
click!
--
derek