On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:34:13AM +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 13/04/11 20:23, suvayu ali wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:10 AM, David A. De Graaf <d...@datix.us> wrote:
> >> I note that a script, /usr/local/bin/touchpadfix:
> >>    /usr/bin/synclient TapButton1=1
> >>    /usr/bin/synclient HorizEdgeScroll=1
> >> can work around this problem, but
> >> a)  it's a kluge
> >> b)  I can't find a way to automatically run it.  Executing it from
> >> Application | Preferences | SessionandStartup doesn't work.
> > 
> > Maybe put those lines in your ~/.bash_profile or whatever is the
> > profile file for your shell?
> 
> In .config/autostart/Touchpad.desktop I have
> 
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Version=0.9.4
> Type=Application
> Name=Touchpad
> Comment=Touchpad
> Exec=synclient TapButton1=1
> StartupNotify=false
> Terminal=false
> Hidden=false
> 
> Andrew.

Thank you, Andrew.  I had a similar file,
~/.config/autostart/tapenable.desktop, put there by running 
Preferences | SessionandStartup, except 
Exec=/usr/local/bin/touchpadfix

That's what DID NOT work for me.
I replaced that with your file, which also doesn't work.
That is, after running startxfce4, synclient lists the synaptics
options, including   TapButton1 = 0

Oddly, I can manually change it in an xterm with
  synclient TapButton1=1
and this value applies to ALL X processes, including an already
running firefox session, not just the xterm it was run in.

Why won't the <name>.desktop files do the same?

More importantly (to me), why does xorg.conf fail to initialize these
synaptics options (as it used to)?

I guess it's time for a bugzilla report, if only I knew which component
was culpable - xfce-4.8, kernel, X, etc.?

-- 
        David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
        d...@datix.us         www.datix.us


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