On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 10:08 -0700, Linux Media wrote: > >>>>>>> I've spent the whole day googling and looking at the Fedora List > >>>>>>> Archives. All I need to do is disable mouse taps in my mouse pad. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I've edited /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi over > >>>>>>> and over, but apparently, I don't know the syntax or how it really all > >>>>>>> works. And all I got was fragmented pieces of information from my > >>>>>>> research. I would like to adhere to the new approach to configuring > >>>>>>> hardware. I'm assuming that creating an xorg.conf file just confuses > >>>>>>> things and doesn't address the new way of doing things. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ok, so does anyone know how to correctly edit an FDI file to disable > >>>>>>> mouse taps (and which file)? Or is there a better way? > > >>>>>> follow the instructions here > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206814 > > >>>>> You don't need to do any of that. All you need to do is: > >>>>> > >>>>> a) yum install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics > >>>>> b) synclient TouchpadOff=1 > > >>>> I'm not the OP, but I tried that on my F10 system (eeepc 901, in case > >>>> it makes any difference) and all uses of synclient (except for a bare > >>>> "synclient" results in: > >>>> > >>>> Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled? > >>>> > >>>> I don't find anything named SHMConfig, and neither rpm -a, nor > >>>> "yum list availbale" turns it up. > >>>> > >>>> Am I missing something? > > >>> cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi \ > >>> /etc/hal/fdi/11-synaptics.fdi > >>> > >>> edit this file (11-synaptics.fdi) as indicated in the thread appropriate > >>> section for your touchpad (you can discover which touchpad section by > >>> 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices') and reboot > > >> NO, NO, NO ! Sheesh ! > >> > >> SHMConfig is a setting in the xorg.conf file. > >> > >> Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and make the synaptics parts of it look like > >> this: > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >> Section "ServerLayout" > >> Identifier "Default Layout" > >> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > >> InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "CorePointer" > >> EndSection > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >> Section "InputDevice" > >> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > >> Driver "synaptics" > >> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > >> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > >> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > >> Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > >> Option "SHMConfig" "on" > >> EndSection > >> > >> > >> You'll need to restart X (reboot ?) for these changes to take place. > >> You might want to back up your present xorg.conf before making these > >> changes. > > ---- > > by default, F10 does not have an xorg.conf file and it may not be useful > > to create one...I surely wouldn't create one just for Synaptics. > > > > You should be more careful with advice. > > > > Craig > > We're on the same page here Craig. In the original Post, I was concerned > about creating an xorg.conf file in case it tripped up the new method of > doing things. > > But do you know how to properly shut off mouse taps without the > "SHMConfig" "on" option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then using Synaptics? ---- I believe that executing 'synclient TouchpadOff=1' should do that...without an xorg.conf but having something like /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-synaptics.fdi above (I think I omitted the 'policy' directory 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
