Bug#559233: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Tap and Scrolling disabled by default on touchpad (and missing documentation to enable it)

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 08:05:21AM -0200, Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> > You very conveniently left out from the NEWS file I quoted the part
> > that pointed at gpointing-device-settings, which is integrated in the
> > desktop environment
> 
> I tried gpointing-device-settings, but it's not permanently. After
> reboot, it lost the config.

if you're using gnome you can configure the touchapd in
gnome-mouse-properties.

> Do you have any documentation about how to enable tap/scrolling
> editing xorg.conf?

there is an example in
/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian.gz
it also says how to configure it via hal.

-- 
mattia
:wq!