reassign 469198 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics retitle 469198 want different defaults for alps touchpads kthxbye
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 01:12:57 +0530, Venigalla Sayikiran wrote: > I am using Dell Latitude D520 n series laptop. My laptop uses a > Alps-Glidepoint touchpad. When i installed > debian etchv4.0, i was not able to use the tapping feature in my laptop. > However, i was able to use touchpad to > move my mouse pointer. The mouse pointer moved at snail pace with touchpad > as well as external USB mouse device. > Then i opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, and i found this: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > EndSection > In order to increase the speed of my mouse pointer, i had to add few more > lines to above settings. It worked for > me. To enable tapping feature i had to go through two more steps: > Step 1: In order to find out hardware information about my touchpad > cat /proc/bus/input/devices > I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7321 > N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" > P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0 > S: Sysfs=/class/input/input4 > H: Handlers=mouse2 event4 ts2 > B: EV=f > B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > B: REL=3 > B: ABS=1000003 > Its clear that from above output that "etchv4.0" detects my hardware as > Apls-Glidepoint, which indeed is as supplied from > Dell computers. Somehow xorg.conf doesn't recognizes betwwen Alps-Glidepoint > and Synaptic Touchpad. Well i don't > know which package actually controls xorg.conf file. This is not a bug. The same driver (called synaptics) works both for synaptics and alps touchpads. > Step 2: Then i changed xorg.conf file as shown below > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Alps Glidepoint" > Driver "alps" eh? I don't think such a driver even exists... > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20" > Option "VertScrollDelta" "20" > Option "MaxTapTime" "180" > Option "FastTaps" "1" > Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "100" > Option "TouchpadOff" "0" > Option "MaxTapMove" "110" > Option "MaxSpeed" "1.00" > Option "MinSpeed" "0.50" > EndSection > Now i am able to use tapping feature perfectly. I still want to know more > about xorg.conf, like how to configure > it, what does each section mean, and what options does it support. I think a > detail documentation is needed. I also > tried all permutations and combinations of "Identifier" and "Driver" field > with both synaptic and alps, but none of > them worked for me. The only combination that worked is shown in step 2. I > hope from next time this problem > shouldn't be repeated in future versions of debian OS. > FWIW, the touchpad in my dell laptop works just fine with the default settings (tapping doesn't, but then I don't *want* it to be enabled). Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
