On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 22:22, Ralph Stoker wrote:
> Have been trying to get my Synaptics touchpad 'double tap' function working
> under SuSE 9.1 but no luck so far (a PS/2 mouse works fine and other buttons
> near touchpad seem OK too).
what exactly do you mean by "double tap" function? - do you mean tapping
twice in quick succession to emulate a double mouse click? I find this
just works, but timing is pretty critical.
>
> Found a couple of tips Googling:
>
> 1. Add line 'psmouse.proto=imps' in the grub.conf file.
> tried this but did not work...even after a reboot (if I needed to I don't
> rightly know). Why is this line supposed to be added to grub.conf as opposed
> to something like /etc/x11/XF86Config...'input devices'
it is a kernel parameter, which you can confirm in the linux kernel
documentation directory, a file called kernel-parameters.txt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] nick $ cd /usr/src/linux/Documentation/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Documentation $ grep psmouse -A1 kernel-parameters.txt
psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension
to
probe for (bare|imps|exps).
psmouse.rate= [HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse report rate, in
reports
per second.
psmouse.resetafter=
[HW,MOUSE] Try to reset the device after so many
bad packets
--
psmouse.resolution=
[HW,MOUSE] Set desired mouse resolution, in dpi.
psmouse.smartscroll=
[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll
autorepeat,
>
> 2. The only other hint was a bit technical (creating pipes and gpm data) for
> me..but hoping some bright spark might be able to translate the info given
> under 'Touchpad' at:
>
> http://www.wlug.org.nz/HowToLaptopHOWTO?version=2
>
> Any pointers greatly appreciated.
>
was that a pun? anyway, why not look at the latest version of the laptop
howto, that one is 2000, the current one is 2003.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Laptop-HOWTO.html
> Ralph
>
> Ps. Thanks all who contributed to solving the repeating keys in SuSE....this
> problem seems to have disappeared for me too.....ah the benefits of lurking
> quietly ;-)
how did you fix it?
