Re: enabling tap and circular scroll on touchpad and modern debian/X

[Micha <michf@post.tau.ac.il>]

On 17/03/2010 16:57, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
> Micha Feigin schreef:
> > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:29:08 +0200
> > Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
> >
> > > Debian has been constantly playing around with the touchpad (input
> > > device)
> > > settings lately and broke my touchpad settings again.
> > >
> > > How do I enable tapping and circular scrolling permanently (i.e each
> > > boot) on
> > > the touchpad again with the modern debian?
> > >
> > > It used to be in xorg.conf then it was hal with a file in
> > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/,
> > > what is it now?
> > >
> > > I'm using debian unstable with xfce as windows manager (so gnome/kde
> > > settings are
> > > not relevant)
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Ok, if I get things correctly, I need to setup a udev rule for each mouse
> > (touchpad, trackpoint, bluetooth mouse) to set the options for each one.
> >
> > Is there a reference somewhere as to how to do this?
> I think you'll find some infor on
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/X/InputConfiguration
>
> Dou you have a synaptics touchpad? When I get home, I can mail you my
> udev rule for tapping and two-finger scrolling.
>
> Sjoerd

Yes, it's a synaptic (it's a thinkpad t61)

thanks