Bug#528532: No tapping on ALPS touchpad
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:18:48PM +0800, Aleksey Midenkov wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Version: 1.1.0-1
> Severity: important
>
>
> There were numerous attempts to add varius configuration directives to
> xorg.conf or use information obtained through HAL. Or to modify
> settings via synclient. It were noticed that FingerHigh setting is
> completely ignored by synaptics driver. synclient accepts new
> FingerHigh value without an error but displays always FingerHigh = 0.
> The same is observed with other high bound settings like RightEdge,
> BottomEdge.
>
> 'synclient -m' works only when I create explicit section in xorg.conf
> and set SHMConfig "on". Then it shows accurately all the values
yes, this is documented
> changing including z-axis. 'synclient -l' shows always the same and
> likewise FingerHigh change attempt is ignored.
if you use shared memory you should set options using synclient -s.
...
> So what is the FingerHigh problem? Is it specific to my hardware or to
> my kernel or to synaptics driver?
probably no, just mis-calculated values. Could you try the latest
version and verify if this is still happening?
> TapButton1 = 0
> TapButton2 = 0
> TapButton3 = 0
as far as tapping is concerned this also seems more likely to be your
problem, it has been discussed in multiple bug reports[1] and you should
set
TapButton1=1
TapButton2=2
TapButton3=3
[1]: this one for example
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497523
thanks
--
mattia
:wq!
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