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Bug#372692: marked as done (xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: doesn't load options from xorg.conf)

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Subject: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: doesn't load options from xorg.conf
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Version: 0.14.5-1
Severity: important

Hello Xperts, ;)

I am not sure why this happens, but my synaptics setting do not get
loaded every time I start X. I have the following synaptics
configuration section in xorg.conf.

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option      "Protocol"         "auto-dev"
	Option      "CorePointer"
	Option      "SHMConfig"        "true"
	Option      "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
	Option      "RightEdge"        "5980"
EndSection

Here is output from "synclient -l | grep RightEdge" immediately after
logging into a failsafe session:

wt@braindead:~$ synclient -l | grep RightEdge
    RightEdge            = 5300

This should be set to 5980 as per my xorg.conf configuration. Okay, if I
now do "synclient RightEdge=5980" to override the default, the previous
command returns the right thing and the edge scrolling works.

wt@braindead:~$ synclient RightEdge=5980
wt@braindead:~$ synclient -l | grep RightEdge
    RightEdge            = 5980

Okay, so now I logout of X, and it restarts coming back to my display
manager. I then login to a failsafe session. The "synclient -l | grep
RightEdge" command now returns the correct thing, but the edge scrolling
does not work for some time. After that the edge scrolling starts
working. The time ranges from very low (15-30 seconds) to much longer
(multiple minutes). However, sometimes the edge scrolling does not start
working at all.

wt@braindead:~$ synclient -l | grep RightEdge
    RightEdge            = 5980

If I turn off the SHMConfig option in the xorg.conf and restart X, the
same behavior is exhibited except that, of course, I cannot run use the
synclient command.

I have also found that the RightEdge is not the only setting affected by
this problem. I also tried with the PressureMotionMaxFactor option, and
it seems to react the same way.

The funny thing is that sometimes the settings get set, and sometimes
they don't. Sometimes there is a stall before the edge scrolling works
and sometimes there is not. I don't really know what is causing the
problem, but I hope this helps to track down the problem.

wt

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-synaptics depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.0.0-6  X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                      1:1.0.0-4  X11 miscellaneous extension 
librar
ii  libxi6                        1:1.0.0-5  X11 Input extension library
ii  xserver-xorg-core             1:1.0.2-8  X.Org X server -- core server

xserver-xorg-input-synaptics recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 02:27:10PM -0400, Xavier Douville wrote:
> So I have SHMconfig OFF (nothing can interfere). When I start X with
> invoke-rc.d kdm start, all my settings work (I especially hate right and
> middle button mapped to right top and right bottom).
> 
> But I tried to reload the psmouse module and now my settings no longer
> work. It means that when I load psmouse after X is started, the touchpad
> stays in its default config (with R*CornerButton mapped).

I am closing this old/obsolete bug.
We use input-hotplug nowadays, so all the code involved in this
bug report has been rewritten/modified/dropped several times
since this report.

If you still have problems with latest X package and input hotplug,
please open a new bug report.

Brice

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