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 1PHR95-0008LQ-Pn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:12:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5AB72E08C9; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A1FE08C9 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5F0C1B4021 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:11:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.784 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.784 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.252, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kr0lBagmCAQC for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FFC41B4076 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PHR7N-0006u0-VZ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:10:54 +0100 Received: from 68.168.167.146 ([68.168.167.146]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:10:52 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 68.168.167.146 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:10:52 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] How to configure thochpad sensitivity (using hal)? Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:10:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.168.167.146 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: fc6ead88-ce32-4960-b3e6-d425e11488f5 X-Archives-Hash: e07e88301808ed33a1bdd3b3a7f6aed7 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. -- Grant