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

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2010-11-18, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 November 2010 15:48:23 Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>> 
>> That only works if you're using the synaptics driver -- which I'm not.
>> 
>> I haven't figured out how to do that yet.  It was built, since I
>> included it in INPUT_DEVICES, but HAL decided not to use it.
>
> What does your Xorg.0.log say about synaptics?
>
> $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep synaptics
> (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
> (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

$ grep -i synaptic /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found 3 mouse buttons
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found absolute axes
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found x and y absolute axes
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Found absolute touchpad.
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Configuring as touchpad
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
(**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 0
(II) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: initialized for absolute axes.


$ emerge --search synaptics
Searching...    
[ Results for search key : synaptics ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]

*  x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics
      Latest version available: 1.2.1
      Latest version installed: 1.2.1
      Size of files: 288 kB
      Homepage:      http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/
      Description:   Driver for Synaptics touchpads
      License:       MIT

      
$ grep -i synaptics /etc/make.conf
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" 


$ find /usr/lib -name '*synaptics*'
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xorg-synaptics.pc