Bug#624576: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Touchpad configuration lost after upgrade: InputClass being applied to the wrong devices
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:46:53PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:03:38 +0100, ael wrote:
>
> > Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> > Version: 1.4.0-1
> > Severity: important
> >
> >
> > After the recent testing upgrades, my Synaptics configuration specified
> > in my xorg.conf:-
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Section "InputClass"
> >
> > Identifier "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> >
> > Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
> > Option "RightEdge" "5700"
> > Option "TopEdge" "1700"
> > Option "BottomEdge" "5100"
> > Option "FingerLow" "25"
> > Option "FingerHigh" "30"
> > Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
> > Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
> > Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
> > Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
> > Option "MaxSpeed" "0.6"
> > Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
> > Option "TapButton1" "1"
> > Option "SHMConfig" "true"
> > EndSection
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > seems to be applied not just to the Touchpad, but to many other
> > devices. It looks as if since this is invalid for most of them,
> > the touchpad driver is somehow partly disabled or
> > misconfigured. At least many of the setting do not take effect: it
> > looks as if it is basically behaving as a PS/2 mouse.
> >
> Why don't you fix your config to apply just to the touchpad?
I use the same xorg.conf on several machines for convenience.
It has always worked fine with the Indentifier parameter making
sure that everything works properly - which it does.
I guess it was confusing to include the trackball entries
in a bug report, but I think they are harmless in this situation.
It is not those entries that are being applied to every device:
only the trackpad. Maybe that is a clue: they have Driver specified,
but the Synaptics entry doesn't.
Meanwhile, I have just dicovered
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
Moving it out of the way improves things, but my parameters are then
lost completely. I will put that in another post.
ael
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