On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 20:16 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > kcmshell ksynaptics says... > > > > Shared Memory is not accessible. > > > > Please add the option 'SHMConfig "on"' into the touchpad section > > of /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > and of course, there isn't any xorg.conf file - ignoring that, it says > > 'Using Driver' "none" - which of course is why my touchpad isn't > > happening. > > > > do I have to insmod/modprobe something? > > Create an /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-synaptics.fdi with the following contents: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <deviceinfo version="0.2"> > <device> > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> > <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" > type="string">true</merge> > </match> > </device> > </deviceinfo> > > Using xorg.conf for input configuration is obsolete and should no longer be > done. > > Be warned that SHMConfig is insecure (that's why it's disabled by default). ---- thanks any commentary about why I have to launch systemsettings and click on the 'Display' control panel which clearly remembers the settings and applies them rather than just applying them when I log into my account with KDE Desktop? Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
