Idea #4973: provide easy (synaptic) touchpad configuration for laptops

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Written by leu the 18 Mar 08 at 00:52. Category: Hardware support.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

Description

It is quite uncomfortable to configure the synaptic touchpad.

First you have to install gsynaptics (or a similar program like qsynaptics), which is quite easy.

But after you have done that, you have to configure the xorg.conf (SHMConfig true).

If you have a look in the new xorg.conf provided by hardy, there are no entries for the touchpad anymore. So the full touchpad configuration has to be inserted manually.

I suggest that the configuration of the touchpad should be more easy.

It would be more comfortable for new users, if they do not need to configure the xorg.conf.

Tags: touchpad

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Duplicates

Idea #6113: touchpad drivers with better functionality (58 votes)

Idea #3428: Re-Enable Graphical Touchpad Settings in Hardy (48 votes)

Idea #9507: synaptic touchpad (40 votes)

Idea #4982: better trackpad support (16 votes)

Idea #6532: System wide hot key to turn ON/OFF touchpad. (14 votes)

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Comments

HDave wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 18:25

I have a synaptics touchpad on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop and it worked out of the box....perfect.

sawjew2 wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 22:55

Agreed. It is not too difficult for someone who knows what they're doing to set up the touchpad but the average user just wants to find the configuration and use it.

It should be possible for the installer to detect that it is being installed on a laptop and suggest the installation of q/gsynaptics.

It should also be possible for the q/gsynaptics package to add the extra section in xorg.conf when it is installed.

OasisGames wrote on the 2 Apr 08 at 20:57

Agree, gsynatpics used to be installed and enabled by default back in Feisty. As of Gutsy it was cut, though luckily I wasn't forced to remove it during the upgrade. The options given by the Mouse settings are horrible and lacking, but with the SHMConfig-based tools give me all sorts of things I use regularly (like circular scrolling, sensitivity settings, etc.).

leu wrote on the 18 Apr 08 at 17:52

For you pleasure :)

Circular Scrolling websites:
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
Option "CircularScrolling" "on"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
EndSection

Start on the right side of your touchpad, go to the middle and do circles for srolling.

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