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ferrelas
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 Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:17 am Post subject: Problems with the synaptics driver, cursor jumping around |
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I've recently installed gentoo and I've got most stuff working, but I'm having some trouble with the input in X. The cursor moves around even if I keep a finger still on the touchpad and some times it even does a little dance for no apparant reason. Also I fail to change keyboard layout.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Main Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
# InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
# InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes
Option "standby time" "20"
Option "suspend time" "30"
Option "off time" "60"
EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Keyboard1"
# Driver "kbd"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
#EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse1"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "Auto"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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/etc/hal/fdi/policy/use-estonian-layout.fdi
| Code: | <!--
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection
-->
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<deviceinfo version="0.2">
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<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard">
<merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">se</merge>
</match>
</deviceinfo>
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/etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
| Code: | <deviceinfo version="0.2">
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<device>
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<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
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<!--
Arbitrary options can be passed to the driver using
the input.x11_options property since xorg-server-1.5.
-->
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<!--
EXAMPLES:
Switch on shared memory, enables the driver to be configured at runtime
<merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
Maximum movement of the finger for detecting a tap
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">2000</merge>
Enable vertical scrolling when dragging along the right edge
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
Enable vertical scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge>
Enable horizontal scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
<merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge>
If on, circular scrolling is used
<merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling" type="string">true</merge>
For other possible options, check CONFIGURATION DETAILS in synaptics man page
-->
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
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audiodef
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: |
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I'm sorry to hear you're also having "the jitters". I had similar trouble on a Dell laptop some time ago. I don't remember what I did to solve it, except that my solution involved not using some extended functionality such as touchpad edge actions. Try to just get it down to very basic functionality - even if that means disabling tapping and using the mouse buttons instead. Also see what happens if you just don't use the synaptics driver, using only keyboard, mouse, and maybe evdev.
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:18 am Post subject: |
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at last! someone with my exact problem on the touchpad issue!
got a dell laptop, tried the basic config, no go.
please try hard to remember, I'm banging my head against the wall for months on this issue
it would help alot if you could remember what you've did, here is my fdi file:
| Code: | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
<match key="info.product" contains="ALPS GlidePoint">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
<!-- Edges -->
<merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">120</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.RightEdge" type="string">880</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopEdge" type="string">120</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomEdge" type="string">650</merge>
<!-- Scrolling up/down -->
<merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.UpDownScrolling" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.LeftRightScrolling" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.UpDownScrollRepeat" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.LeftRightScrollRepeat" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MinSpeed" type="string">0.7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxSpeed" type="string">1.3</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.AccelFactor" type="string">0.050</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EdgeMotionMinSpeed" type="string">5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" type="string">10</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.HorizScrollDelta" type="string">45</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta" type="string">45</merge>
<!-- Tapping -->
<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>
<merge key="input.x11_options.FastTaps" type="string">1</merge>
<!-- <merge key="input.x11_options.FingerLow" type="string">25</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.FingerHigh" type="string">30</merge> -->
<!-- Corner clicks -->
<merge key="input.x11_options.RBCornerButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.RTCornerButton" type="string">3</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo> |
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ferrelas
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:27 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'll try with lessening configuration abit, when I get around to configuring it, seems like a bother in xorg 1.5 using hal and everything. Using the mouse driver works (even with tapping  ), but not perfectly. |
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| ferrelas wrote: | | Yeah, I'll try with lessening configuration abit, when I get around to configuring it, seems like a bother in xorg 1.5 using hal and everything. Using the mouse driver works (even with tapping ), but not perfectly. |
it worked well to me before, when I switched to kde 4.2, it started to happen, now I've tested with e17 and I get the same results, so the change isn't kde 4.2 related.
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