On 2010-11-14, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Before you go to great pains to get this working, you do know that hal >> is checking out right?
Yes, I knew that. Maybe I'll just live without the touchpad until HAL goes away for good. My question is why did the Gentoo maintainers decide to use HAL instead of xorg.conf? >> Even the person who wrote it realized the mess it was and it is dying >> pretty soon. I think it is policykit or polkit or something to that >> effect. If you want to start using that instead, it may save you >> some headaches later on when it is no longer a option. > > As Dale suggests don't waste your time on hal and its fdi files. > xorg 1.8.x will be going stable soon and that does away with hal > configuration. I recommend that you unmask it and see if you can > control your touchpad easier using an xorg.conf and evdev. However, > the synaptics driver is there for a reason ... > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.8-upgrade-guide.xml > > BTW, if you want to remain with xorg 1.7.x then I recommend you try the > following: > > 1. Add synaptics to your INPUT_DEVICES in /etc/make.conf - most often > than not it will just work⢠and no further adjustment of > sensitivity is necessary. I did that, but the synaptics driver doesn't get used by default. Once you've installed it, how do you get the server to use it? I think I should abandon HAL and switch to xorg.conf. It's so much easier to use. > 2. Then run lshal to see if your touchpad is recognised. In my > laptop (I use hal) it shows this: > >================================================== > udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_d132' > info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string) > info.product = 'Core Processor DMI' (string) > info.category = 'input' (string) > info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' > (string) > info.product = 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' (string) > info.subsystem = 'input' (string) > info.udi = > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_logicaldev_input' > > (string) > input.device = '/dev/input/event6' (string) > input.originating_device = > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port' (string) > input.product = 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' (string) > input.x11_driver = 'synaptics' (string) > input.x11_options.ClickButton1 = '1' (string) > input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll = 'true' (string) > input.x11_options.MaxTapMove = '2000' (string) > input.x11_options.TapButton1 = '1' (string) > input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll = 'true' (string) > linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event6' (string) > linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int) > linux.subsystem = 'input' (string) > linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event6' > > (string) >================================================== > > In the info section above it tells me that touchpad is recognised. > Looking into > /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-synaptics.fdi I see that > by installing the synaptics driver a hal configuration file was > created. > > Copy this to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi (you can call > it something different if you wish) and add an option line to adjust > sensitivity: > ><merge key="input.x11_options.PressureMotionMinZ" type="integer">25</merge> > > Play with different integer values to see what works and also look at > the synaptics man page for different options, in case > PressureMotionMin is not what you need. Each time you make a change > you should restart hal or the xserver to see the result. > > 3. Without synaptics a lot depends on what the evdev or mouse drivers > can do - they may not have pressure related options to play with. > Again I would start with their man pages and follow the example > above, as long as lshal shows which driver has captured the > touchpad events. So you're saying that without the synaptics driver there is no sensitivity adjustment?
