Re: [gentoo-user] How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)?

[Fernando Antunes <fs.antunes@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>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.
>
> I have a Thinkpad T61 and I do not use xorg.conf. But I am using HAL. The
touchpad works pretty good.

You can adjust synaptics changing the configuration on the
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi file.
man 4 synaptic can give you a lot of extra options.


> 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.
>
> --
> Grant
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