I haven't quite followed this thread, but there are at least two packages, tpconfig and synaptics, that contain a program to control various features of the synaptics touchpad, such as tapping, dragging, tapping in corners etc.
It might be what you need. René Seindal. On søn, 2002-02-10 at 06:14, Andrew McMillan wrote: > On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 07:09, Dave Thayer wrote: > > > > ---- /etc/gpm-syn.conf ---- > > [use_wmode] Y > > [corner_taps_enabled] Y > > [upper_left_action] 3 > > [lower_left_action] 2 > > > > The only place that gpm-syn.conf is documented is in README.synaptics. > > Note that README.synaptics is missing from the sid binary debs, but it > > is in the source package. I have filed a bug report to get it included > > because using gpm-syn.conf was the key to getting everything to behave. > > Man I _wish_ I'd been able to find that documentation. I bought a > laptop for my father recently and installed Linux on it but it became > practically unusable because of all the 'smartness' of the default > synaptics touchpad. Especially for my father who is over 75... > > I found the names of all these configuration things, as well as the name > of the configuration file, by trolling through the gpm binary, but there > is no way I would have guessed that sort of wierd syntax :-) > > I sure wish I could have done a : > man 5 gpm-syn.conf > or something. > > Regards, > Andrew. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington > WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St > DDI: +64(4)916-7201 MOB: +64(21)635-694 OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 > Are you enrolled at http://schoolreunions.co.nz/ yet? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/
