Bug#568043: [xserver-xorg-input-synaptics] Tapping disabled in a fresh install (KDE).

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@linux.it>]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 03:14:30AM +0100, Rafael Belmonte wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> Version: 1.2.1-1
> Severity: normal
> 
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> Installing Debian testing (squeeze) + KDE, I find touchpad tapping disabled.
> Configuration set in kcm-touchpad is ignored, always disabled.

not quite sure what kcm-touchpad does but have you tried setting
parameters with xinput set-prop? if that works the problem is not in the
synaptics driver.

> Also I see that pointer speed is lower than in the other GNU/Linux 
> distributions.

Can you elaborate? there are no special changes with respect to that in
Debian.

Could you also attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

Thanks
-- 
mattia
:wq!