On 2010-11-19, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> That only works if you're using the synaptics driver -- which I'm >>>> not. >>>> >>>> I haven't figured out how to do that yet. It was built, since I >>>> included it in INPUT_DEVICES, but HAL decided not to use it. >>> >>> What does your Xorg.0.log say about synaptics? > >> $ grep -i synaptic /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> (II) config/hal: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad > > Excellent! It seems then that HAL picks up your touchpad and uses it. [...] > # touch /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi > > and paste this in it: > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> ><deviceinfo version="0.2"> > <device> > <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad"> > <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge> [ synaptic driver options] > </match> > </device> ></deviceinfo> > > Then see the examples in the file and man synaptics for finely tuning your > touchpad. However ... I would at this stage suggest again that you have a > look at xorg-server-1.9.x instead of trying to get HAL working.
Brilliant. After tweaking a few of the pressure settings, my touchpad works great! The hard part is remembering to restart hald as well as the X server whenever you make any changes... -- Grant
