Touchpad doesn't work ploperly if gnome runtime environment isn't autostarted

Heiko Adams fedora-updates at heiko-adams.de
Sun Sep 11 23:33:37 UTC 2011


Am 12.09.2011 00:58, schrieb Heiko Adams:
> Am 11.09.2011 22:09, schrieb Christoph Wickert:
>> Am Sonntag, den 11.09.2011, 22:01 +0200 schrieb Heiko Adams:
>>> Hi,
>>> I don't know if it's a bug or not, but I noticed that my touchpad
>>> doesn't work properly if gnome runtime environment isn't autostarted.
>>> Moving the cursor works fine but I can't click on icons or do a double
>>> by tipping on the touchpad.
>>
>> You need to run synclient at the start of the session, e.g. in autostart
>> or in a  custom xinitrc for Xfce:
>>
>>         $ cat ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc 
>>         #!/bin/sh
>>         
>>         synclient TapButton1=1
>>         
>>         . /etc/kde/env/gpg-agent-startup.sh
>>         
>>         . /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
>>
>> No need for any GNOME stuff then.
>>
> Okay, that reanimated the doubleclick but now I noticed that scrolling -
> neither horizontal nor vertical - doesn't work.

I solved it myself. For the records:
> TapButton1=1 VertEdgeScroll=1 HorizEdgeScroll=1 PalmDetect=1
are the params you need for a fully functional touchpad.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards

Heiko Adams


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