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

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

On 2010-11-19, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> 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?
>
>> $ grep -i synaptic /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> (II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
>
> Excellent!  It seems then that HAL picks up your touchpad and uses it.
[...]
> # touch /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
>
> and paste this in it:
>
><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
><deviceinfo version="0.2">
>  <device>
>     <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
>         <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
[ synaptic driver options]
>     </match>
>  </device>
></deviceinfo>
>
> Then see the examples in the file and man synaptics for finely tuning your 
> touchpad.  However ... I would at this stage suggest again that you have a 
> look at xorg-server-1.9.x instead of trying to get HAL working.

Brilliant.  After tweaking a few of the pressure settings, my touchpad
works great!  The hard part is remembering to restart hald as well as
the X server whenever you make any changes...

-- 
Grant