Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with xorg-server-1.5.2, hal and synaptics on a Samsung NC10

[Dragos Petre <drpetrea@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Daniel Pielmeier <
daniel.pielmeier@googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2009/3/6 Dragos Petre <drpetrea@gmail.com>:
> > Hi, everybody!
> >
> > I have recently upgraded to x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.2 and since then
> I've
> > started having problems with my touchpad although IMO I have followed the
> > correct steps to migrate to hal-based hotplugging. My computer is a
> Samsung
> > NC10 netbook with a Synaptics Touchpad.
> >
> > I have basic mouse functionality, i.e. cursor move and button click, but
> no
> > tapping, edge scrolling etc although according to hal-device the correct
> > options are loaded - please see below
> >
> > I cannot use synclient as I get a
> > Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
> > error.
> >
> > One give-away of what the issue may be is that Xorg.0.log shows the
> > synaptics device to be "configured as mouse". Does that make any sense?
> >
> > I'm using sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r9, sys-apps/hal-0.5.11-r8 and
> > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-r2 although I have tried
> > x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.0.0 to no avail.
> >
> > You can find below the output/content of
> > hal-device
> > xorg.conf
> > Xorg.0.log
> > emerge --info
> >
>
> And what about your x11-input.fdi? I guess you don't have one! Take a
> look here [1] for a documented example.
> If you want xorg-server and hal working you need:
>
> xorg-server built with hal use flag and evdev as input-device.
> comment out the input sections in xorg.conf.
> a fdi file placed at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi (basically
> the configuration done in xorg.conf prior is now done in this file)
>
> [1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/config/x11-input.fdi
>
> --
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
>
Sorry about the incomplete information, I have the following in

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <!-- FIXME: Support tablets too. -->
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse">
      <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">mouse</merge>
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
      </match>
    </match>

    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">mouse</merge>
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
      </match>
    </match>

    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
      <!-- If we're using Linux, we use evdev by default (falling back to
           keyboard otherwise). -->
      <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">keyboard</merge>
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

and I have in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
    <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="Linux">
    <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">1700</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">5300</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">1700</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">4200</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerLow" type="string">25</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerHigh" type="string">30</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">220</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxDoubleTapTime"
type="string">1000</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.FastTaps" type="string">True</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapTime" type="string">180</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta" type="string">100</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.10</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">0.70</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.AccelFactor" type="string">0.0010</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">On</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">True</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll"
type="string">True</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>


      </match>

    <!-- Arbitrary options can be passed to the driver using
         the input.x11_options property since xorg-server-1.5. -->
    <!-- EXAMPLE:
    <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">120</merge>
    -->
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="AlpsPS/2 ALPS">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="appletouch">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      </match>
      <match key="info.product" contains="bcm5974">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">1280</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">800</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger1" type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger2" type="string">3</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ClickFinger3" type="string">2</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll"
type="string">1</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizScrollDelta"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta"
type="string">40</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PressureMotionMinZ"
type="string">10</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerLow" type="string">16</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerHigh" type="string">80</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerPress" type="string">256</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmDetect" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmMinWidth" type="string">10</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.PalmMinZ" type="string">200</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.8</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">1.2</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.AccelFactor"
type="string">0.10</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">25</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapTime" type="string">223</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxDoubleTapTime"
type="string">200</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.RTCornerButton"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.RBCornerButton"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.LTCornerButton"
type="string">0</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.LBCornerButton"
type="string">0</merge>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

I guess the issue is somewhere else...
Dragos.

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