Bug#552115: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: synaptics ignores settings in xorg.conf, tapping gone

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 22:55 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.2
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: No Device specified.
> (EE) Synaptics driver unable to open device
> (EE) PreInit failed for input device "ALPS Touchpad"
> (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"

this is the init for the device you specified in xorg.conf.  It's
missing a Device option, so init fails and that config section goes
unused.

> (II) config/hal: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint
> (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.1.2
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
> (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: x-axis range 0 - 1023
> (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: y-axis range 0 - 767
> (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: pressure range 0 - 127
> (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: finger width range 0 - 0
> (II) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: buttons: left right middle
> (--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpad found
> (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: always reports core events
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" (type: TOUCHPAD)
> (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
> (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter chain progression: 2.00
> (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) filter stage 0: 20.00 ms
> (**) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: (accel) set acceleration profile 0
> (--) AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint: touchpad found

and now the device gets added via the hal backend.
I think there's no bug here.

Cheers,
Julien