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

[Johannes Lips]

Good Morning,

you could also use a config file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d like this:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
         Identifier "touchpad catchall"
         Driver "synaptics"
         MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	
		Option "RightEdge" "5300"
		Option "TopEdge" "1700"
        		 Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
		Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
		Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
		Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "0"
		Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "0"
		Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
		Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
		Option "PressureMotionMinZ" "10"
		Option "FingerLow" "25"
		Option "FingerHigh" "30"
		Option "FingerPress" "256"
		Option "PalmDetect" "0"
		Option "PalmMinWidth" "10"
		Option "PalmMinZ" "200"
		Option "MinSpeed" "0.40"
		Option "MaxSpeed" "0.55"
		Option "AccelFactor" "0.03"
		Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
		Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
		Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "200"
		Option "TapButton1" "1"
		Option "TapButton2" "2"
		Option "TapButton3" "3"
		Option "RTCornerButton" "0"
		Option "RBCornerButton" "0"
		Option "LTCornerButton" "0"
		Option "TouchpadOff" "0"
		Option "SHMConfig" "true"

EndSection

So there is no need to autostart synclient and no need to start a 
gnome-session.

Best Regards

Johannes
On 09/12/2011 01:33 AM, Heiko Adams wrote:
> 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.