From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PHSUs-0006ru-T0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:39:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 75F2DE086E; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BFDFE086E for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:38:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxg6 with SMTP id 6so820122yxg.40 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:38:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ox5h4Z6KcsbBc4NmRboPOSu9suUakXg1Mria10Udsfk=; b=aFwuyTWx5KFgRvxDrm40eMOFXR1PiC5EcUFHx974+Rwv6w6JJFiPsLgYYoV8wPl47z 6rTE6w6xxXt6+wXff/TV0+cll1ti8KCPcsOWln0xyAFovqz3eipxwgVZM30m1xfcm35Z MP5NUxF0dWCQIzlpQcSRfpY9OSYHyv2vzf7/c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QT3KJAg4hoXC/DVJpexfNxHH5OtWOCl8W30oRhibrtGSJJFPpm/YkhaLTNKAGGUI6P MiLYmfHV8AkDzLsh+poT6SLQ6gy2z9mf8LQjg8PGPM44QqI/WLRbERTwQghcuGNte02O jesJkkaS5+P6K59ijy3OY9aTl0AFBr/oFsAZY= Received: by 10.100.6.7 with SMTP id 7mr3046689anf.256.1289702281112; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:38:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-94-57.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w15sm1976151anw.33.2010.11.13.18.37.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:37:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CDF4B85.9070007@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:37:57 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d303eaa0-858b-4e0c-9c85-f31c3dc5f082 X-Archives-Hash: e49c7c2af725024346c697cbdb353d2e Grant Edwards wrote: > Can anybody point me to a hint on how to configure synaptics touchapad > sensitivity? > > The touchpad on my Thinkpad T500 is so sensitive you don't even have > to touch it. Merely bringing a thumb or finger within 1/8 - 1/4 inch > will cause the cursor to twitch spasmodically for a second and then > jump to the lower left corner of the screen. Once you have a finger > on the touchpad, it seems to work OK. > > I've figured out how to disable it temporarily using the "xinput" > command, but I would like to actually get it working right. > > All the docs I can find seem to assume two things: > > 1) an xorg.conf file > > 2) the xf86-input-synpatics driver > > I'm using neither. > > I decided finally to give in and let Xorg use HAL like it wants to by > default when you do a Gentoo install. > > What a huge mistake. I really, really hate HAL. With xorg.conf, all > the settings were in one file, in an easy to read, easy to edit > format. Now with HAL, they're scattered over several files. And to > make sure you can't edit or read them, they're in XML. I have no idea > what "problem" HAL is supposed to be solving, but it apprently wasn't > a problem I ever had -- AFAICT HAL is nothing but pain. > > You must be fairly new here. I realized the same thing a while back and trust me, I posted it here so everyone else would know that it isn't easy to work with. It either works out of the box or you are in a huge mess. Before you go to great pains to get this working, you do know that hal is checking out right? Even the person who wrote it realized the mess it was and it is dying pretty soon. I think it is policykit or polkit or something to that effect. If you want to start using that instead, it may save you some headaches later on when it is no longer a option. Dale :-) :-)