[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 240738] Re: syndaemon sometimes fails to disable the touchpad

2011-08-27 Thread N,N-dimethyl
Tim, try this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto (I don't want to state something incorrect :) ). I'm still a little confused as to why using syndaemon is necessary at all, though, when synclient doesn't seem to be affected by whether it's running or not and has many more

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 240738] Re: syndaemon sometimes fails to disable the touchpad

2011-08-12 Thread N,N-dimethyl
Could you please expand on how palm detection is unreliable? I agree that setting a two second delay sucks as a general cure for wandering hands and fingers, but as far as I know the PalmMinZ/PalmMinWidth (I think those are correct) and general touch sensitivity settings still work--or are they

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 240738] Re: syndaemon sometimes fails to disable the touchpad

2011-08-12 Thread N,N-dimethyl
I'm terribly sorry for the dumb double-post, but I forgot to specify that these settings are located in xorg.conf's input section or in a more flexible xorg.conf.d rule file. This could also probably be accomplished with an init rule, although that seems a bit heavy-handed, especially if the