On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Can anybody point me to a hint on how to configure synaptics touchapad > sensitivity? > > The touchpad on my Thinkpad T500 is so sensitive you don't even have > to touch it. Merely bringing a thumb or finger within 1/8 - 1/4 inch > will cause the cursor to twitch spasmodically for a second and then > jump to the lower left corner of the screen. Once you have a finger > on the touchpad, it seems to work OK. > > I've figured out how to disable it temporarily using the "xinput" > command, but I would like to actually get it working right. > > All the docs I can find seem to assume two things: > > 1) an xorg.conf file > > 2) the xf86-input-synpatics driver > > I'm using neither. > > I decided finally to give in and let Xorg use HAL like it wants to by > default when you do a Gentoo install. > > I have a Thinkpad T61 and I do not use xorg.conf. But I am using HAL. The touchpad works pretty good. 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. > What a huge mistake. I really, really hate HAL. With xorg.conf, all > the settings were in one file, in an easy to read, easy to edit > format. Now with HAL, they're scattered over several files. And to > make sure you can't edit or read them, they're in XML. I have no idea > what "problem" HAL is supposed to be solving, but it apprently wasn't > a problem I ever had -- AFAICT HAL is nothing but pain. > > -- > Grant > > > >
