[psyopper]

Hi all,

This mouse thing is kicking my butt and I am hoping that someone on the board as a 10v with Dell's Ubuntu 8.04 installed still. I'd like to have you take a look at the mouse configuration of the default install that actually works well so I can replicate it in 9.04.

If you are able to help (it will be a matter of copying and pasting a few commands in the terminal) I would be most appreciative!

[daveski]

Let me know what you need and I will post the info tonight

[psyopper]

Thanks!!

What I am looking for is the synclient output of a Mini 10v running the standard Dell Ubuntu installation that came with their 10v.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad About 2/3 of the way down the page it talks about synclient. Basically it's a command line tool to fine tune the settings of a Synaptics Touchpad in X.

1. You need to enable SHMConfig first: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sy...hpad#shmconfig Basically creating and saving a file, but it will require a reboot.

2. Once SHMConfig is enabled, in a terminal type the following command

synclient -l

3. Copy/Paste/Post the results here.

[daveski]

I am pretty sure I have understood and done this correctly, but the output of synclient -l gives

Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?

I have shmconfig.fdi in the /etc/hal/fdi/policy directory and it has the same permissions and owners as the only other file in there: preferences.fdi

I'll reboot again in case I am going mad.
Nope - still no work.

[psyopper]

Just to be sure, this is the content of the file?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
      <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

[kadi]

xinput list-props "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"

i think this does also provide the needed information.

but in contrast to synclient the configuration of SHMConfig is not necessary.

[psyopper]

Similar but not the same. With the list props how do you use that to make adjustments? There is no entry in a modern xorg.conf for anything really, so you would be starting from scratch in creating the client and hopefully any updates to X don't overwrite it. Unless you know a method I don't which is entirely and absolutely possible.

With the synclient list you can pass command line args through synclient in a batch file at startup for single users, or through a HAL .fdi file for global changes.

And the list of args is similar, but not the same, between synclient and xinput list-props.

Really at this point I'll take either if anyone else is willing to try? Pretty please?

[kadi]

synclient shows a lot of options, but most are for other devices and not for the specific one.

as far as i have experienced, xinput only shows options the device really has to offer.

at least i could manipulate all the shown options successfully but two finger scrolling. I read that it works with MacOS X so i am sure the 10v touchpad is able to do this. But i just dont know how to activate it.

anyway,

with the following command you can configure the touchpad with xinput.

xinput --set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Edge Scrolling" 8 1 1 0

it activates a horizontal scrollbar. As a side effect it disables mousemovements in the area where the buttons are located

* this helps a little bit to click precisely (mousepointer isn't slightly moving anymore)
* but click and drag is still impossible

maybe i am wrong, maybe the synclient approach is the better one!!! So please post both that we can figure out what to do.

[psyopper]

Originally Posted by kadi

xinput --set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Edge Scrolling" 8 1 1 0

What exactly to the digits represent? I ask this about this example, but also about all of the args for the xinput synaptic. That's another reason I want to go with synclient, it's very clearly documented in the synaptics man pages.

[daveski]

Originally Posted by psyopper

Just to be sure, this is the content of the file?

Yes - I checked again.
FYI the xinput command does not exist on the standard Dell 8.04 install.