Please find a possible patch for this that works for me. Information was found there : http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-19491.html
Cheers, Alex
diff -Nru xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules --- xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules 2010-02-08 20:15:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_synaptics_custom_end" +KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_synaptics_custom_end" + +ENV{ID_INPUT_TOUCHPAD}!="1", GOTO="xorg_synaptics_custom_end" + +ENV{x11_driver}="synaptics" + +# Example parameters, uncomment to activate +#ENV{x11_options.VertEdgeScroll}="true" +#ENV{x11_options.TapButton1}="1" + +# model specific quirks +ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="Inspiron 1011|Inspiron 1012", \ + ENV{x11_options.JumpyCursorThreshold}="90", \ + ENV{x11_options.AreaBottomEdge}="4100" + +ATTR{[dmi/id]product_name}=="HP MiniNote 1000", \ + ENV{x11_options.JumpyCursorThreshold}="20" + +LABEL="xorg_synaptics_custom_end" diff -Nru xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs --- xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs 2010-02-08 20:07:34.000000000 +0100 +++ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs 2010-02-08 20:19:21.000000000 +0100 @@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ docs/README.alps TODO docs/trouble-shooting.txt +debian/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules diff -Nru xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.README.Debian xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.README.Debian --- xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.README.Debian 2010-02-08 20:07:34.000000000 +0100 +++ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-1.2.1.new/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.README.Debian 2010-02-08 20:17:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This package contains the Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org X server. See also the README file for details on configuration options. -The following notes are reported from the INSTALL instructions of upstream +The following notes are reported from the INSTALL instructions of upstream package (by Stefan Gmeiner <riddle...@freesurf.ch>), but first of all a security notice about SHMConfig: @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ restarting the X server, one option is to enable the "SHMConfig" option in the X configuration file. You can then use the "synclient" program to query and modify driver parameters on the fly. - SECURITY NOTE! This is not secure if you are in an untrusted + SECURITY NOTE! This is not secure if you are in an untrusted multiuser environment. All local users can change the parameters at any time. @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ Xorg auto-configuration ----------------------- Recent X.Org has support for automatic configuration. The synaptics driver does -not support automatic configuration yet but the information required is -supplied by a third party fdi script through HAL. -The file is /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi, -if you need to customize it, you can first copy it to -/etc/hal/fdi/policy and the edit it to match your requirements. - +not support automatic configuration yet but the information required can be +supplied as an udev rule. +If you need to customize Synaptics configuration parameters, a customized rules +template and edit it to match your needs. +$ sudo cp /usr/share/doc/xserver-xor-input-synaptics/66-xorg-synaptics.rules \ + /etc/udev/rules.d/65-xorg-synaptics-custom.rules Manual configuration -------------------- @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Running 'syndaemon' automatically --------------------------------- -The easiest way to run the syndaemon binary each time you startup X you can +The easiest way to run the syndaemon binary each time you startup X you can simply add the following line to your ~/.xinitrc file: /usr/bin/syndaemon -i 1 -d