On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:56:33 +0100, maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Mattia Dongili wrote: [...] > i tend to disagree, > once the new X automaticaly detects the touchpads > (newer kernel > 2.6.10 is pretty good in detecting them) > and enables them. you'll want to have the syndaemon running.
no. there is nothing in debian that automagically configures touchpads and there is nothing that automagically installs the package if a synaptics touchpad is detected either. > the current default desktop install includes a display manager, > gdm afair. so it would help newbies. hmmm... I'm not that convinced about that. Running syndaemon without being aware might actually be percieved as a slow responding touchpad (think: you touch the pad and it does nothing for 1 second. hmmmm...) [...] > the syndaemon upstream maintainer said to incorporate > for the next release an overworked patch of mine, where > syndaemon has a new switch for the pid-file to create. > as soon as it is released, i'll send you an update init script. it is already, 0.14.1 has been released yesterday > but i guess yes it should not be running as root. So, having an init script is a bad idea. You need an user for the deamon that needs the necessary permissions to connect to the local DISPLAY... no good. Again, I'm not against providing necessary hints/scripts for users, but setting up an init script is not a good idea, I'd still prefer suggesting how to setup your own .xinitrc or the clicking procedure to setup the same in gnome. And this is what I will do wrt to this wishlist bug :) -- mattia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
