Well, my xorg.conf file does show the synaptics defined under "InputDevice", yet the "real time" tweak tool synclient doesn't seem to see the hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] X11]# synclient -h Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled? ....so apparently some man page reading and driver config fiddling is going to be required. A quick scan of the driver options shows a typical eleventy-billion options to parse..... http://linux.die.net/man/5/synaptics
Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Steve Baroti Sent: Mon 10/1/2007 10:24 AM To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Super annoying touchpad behavior Hi Don, I noticed the same Firefox problem on a Dell C640 laptop with the Synaptics touchpad - running Fedora Core7... -Steve. Vanco, Don wrote: > I've got an HP nc6230 laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. While in FireFox a > sweep from right to left results in a "back" command to the browser. I'm > used to the (right hand) "edge" focus area under the Windows driver providing > acceleration for page up/page down (in Windows), but in Linux it seems as > though the entire touchpad is psychotic. I have tried to narrow my field of > use on the touchpad, but it seem to do no good. > So I was wondering: > - is this something others have expereinced > - is there way to turn off this behavior > > I don't seem to see a module loaded specific to the touchpad.... > > TIA > Don > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list -- Steve Baroti Information Technology Services University of Toronto Library 130 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A5 Phone: 416-946-8540 | Fax: 416-978-1668 _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
