Bug#469166: (no subject)

[hhaamu@gmail.com]

There, a patch that's actually tested and documented.

diff -ru xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706-old/manpages/syndaemon.1 xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706/manpages/syndaemon.1
--- xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706-old/manpages/syndaemon.1	2008-03-03 16:26:49.000000000 +0200
+++ xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706/manpages/syndaemon.1	2008-03-03 16:54:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 to keyboard activity.
 .LP
 .TP
+\fB\-f\fR <\fIpoll-frequency\fP>
+Set keyboard polling frequency in milliseconds.
+.
+(default is 20ms).
+.LP
+.TP
 \fB\-k\fP
 Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
 .LP
diff -ru xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706-old/syndaemon.c xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706/syndaemon.c
--- xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706-old/syndaemon.c	2008-03-03 16:26:49.000000000 +0200
+++ xfree86-driver-synaptics-0.14.7~git20070706/syndaemon.c	2008-03-03 16:51:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "  -d Start as a daemon, ie in the background.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -p Create a pid file with the specified name.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -t Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements.\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -f Set polling frequency in milliseconds. (default is 20ms)\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -k Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "  -K Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.\n");
     exit(1);
@@ -159,9 +160,8 @@
 }
 
 static void
-main_loop(Display *display, double idle_time)
+main_loop(Display *display, double idle_time, const unsigned int poll_delay)
 {
-    const int poll_delay = 20000;	    /* 20 ms */
     double last_activity = 0.0;
     double current_time;
 
@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@
     int c;
     int shmid;
     int ignore_modifier_keys = 0;
+    unsigned int poll_delay = 20000;	/* 20 ms */
 
     /* Parse command line parameters */
-    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "i:dtp:kK?")) != EOF) {
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "i:dtp:f:kK?")) != EOF) {
 	switch(c) {
 	case 'i':
 	    idle_time = atof(optarg);
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@
 	case 'p':
 	    pid_file = optarg;
 	    break;
+	case 'f':
+	    poll_delay = atoi(optarg) * 1000;
+	    break;
 	case 'k':
 	    ignore_modifier_keys = 1;
 	    break;
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@
     setup_keyboard_mask(display, ignore_modifier_keys);
 
     /* Run the main loop */
-    main_loop(display, idle_time);
+    main_loop(display, idle_time, poll_delay);
 
     return 0;
 }