Bug#513286: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Since 0.99, does not user xorg.conf configuration

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 23:04 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> The default synaptics config is obtained from
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi. You just
> need to add some rules to configure more options. You should copy this
> file into /etc/hal/fdi/policy. You can remove the driver line since you
> won't change this one. And you can add some option lines. For instance,
> in your xorg.conf, you have:
>     Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
> It should become:
>     <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">1700</merge>
> in your /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi

You can configure the driver at runtime using the xinput tool (from the
package of the same name), and the 'list-props' and 'set-int-prop'
subcommands.

Cheers,
Julien