GSynaptics is used to configure 'synaptics' touchpads ( there are also qsynaptics and ksynaptics which do a similar job). To use any of these you need a line in xorg.conf which is : option "SHMConfig" "true"
But when I try to run it I get the message: GSynaptics couldn't initiaize. You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics. As far as I have been able to find out this is to do with shared memory and I have read that this is disabled as it is considered a security risk in Ubuntu. So I guess this means it is not a bug in the driver. I also believe that it may be possible to set values manually in xorg.conf At the moment I have tapping disabled with option 'MaxTapTime' '0' in xorg.conf Before using your patched kernel this was ignored and touchpad was unusable. However, at the moment I do not know what parameters are available when using the elantech touchpad. If it helps I will try to find out more options and see what works. Please note that even if nothing more can be done I would much prefer what is available with this patch than anything else I have tried. Thanks, Norman 2008/11/24 Steve Conklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not familiar with the shared memory problem, is this something that > I should try to address with this bug? Is there another bug you can > point to for that problem? > > I just want to make sure this patch is good by itself before I propose > it for inclusion in intrepid. > > Thanks > > -- > Elantech touchpad is incorrectly recogonised as a "ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel > Mouse" > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123775 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Brazil now adding 52 Million Linux users. South Africa's IT agency to migrate to open source in 2009. -- Elantech touchpad is incorrectly recogonised as a "ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123775 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
