f14 and xfce 4.8

[David A. De Graaf]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:41:39AM -0700, suvayu ali wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> I have two suggestions,
> 
> 1. use 'Exec=bash -c "synclient TapButton1=1"' as your Exec line
> 2. use my previous solution with the ~/.bash_profile

Thank you kindly for your help.  Unfortunately, neither method
has any affect on the synaptics options, shown by synclient.
This surprises me greatly.  Both methods ought to work, I think.
But even if they worked, it'd be the wrong solution - a patch over the
real problem.

> > I guess it's time for a bugzilla report, if only I knew which component
> > was culpable - xfce-4.8, kernel, X, etc.?
> 
> I am not sure you can file a bugzilla report on the Fedora bugzilla as
> its a community package (although maintained by the official Fedora
> maintainer). But you can post it on the fedora XFCE list[1]. However if
> you have an account on the upstream bugzilla, I think this bug report
> would be more appropriate there.

I can and I have.  A quick search for 'synaptics option' turned up
this:
Bug 613442 - synaptics touchpad options are not active anymore after
update 

I wasn't the first to write it, but I added my 2 cents.
Several others have run into this identical problem.
I hope it gets the attention it deserves.

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        David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
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