Hi,
> A patch for that would certainly be appreciated. Note that there's
> already a NEWS entry about this in git, for which suggestions are also
> welcome.
A quick patch I could come up with.
Alex
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index dfa879b..c11f47d 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
* Tapping has been disabled by default on many touchpads by upstream. If
you want to re-enable it, you can do so explicitly by adding the
following to your xorg.conf:
-
+
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
@@ -16,4 +16,35 @@ xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
configuration. For more details see synaptics(4) and
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/04/synaptics-11-and-what-your-touchpad-can.html
+ Another option is to configure it through hal. An exemple hal policy file is
+ available : /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
+ In order to re-enable tapping, you can put the following contents in
+ /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi :
+
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+ <deviceinfo version="0.2">
+ <device>
+ <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
+ <match key="input.x11_driver" contains="synaptics">
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1"
+ type="string">1</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2"
+ type="string">2</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3"
+ type="string">3</merge>
+ </match>
+ </match>
+ </device>
+ </deviceinfo>
+
+ For the changes to be taken into account, restart hal :
+
+ # /etc/init.d/hal restart
+
+ * On a more general note, the defaults have changed in this version. To
+ restore the defaults to the old ones, just drop
+ /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/examples/prehal-defaults.fdi
+ into
+ /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
+
-- David Nusinow <dnusi...@debian.org> Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:23:11 -0400
diff --git a/debian/examples/prehal-defaults.fdi b/debian/examples/prehal-defaults.fdi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc401f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/examples/prehal-defaults.fdi
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<deviceinfo version="0.2">
+ <device>
+ <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
+ <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
+ <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>
+ </match>
+ </device>
+</deviceinfo>
diff --git a/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs b/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs
index 07e6c68..64cb5a5 100644
--- a/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs
+++ b/debian/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.docs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ docs/README.alps
TODO
NEWS
docs/trouble-shooting.txt
+debian/examples/
