Bug 138898

Summary:	Trackpad enhancements should be modifable and disabled by default.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	J.B. Nicholson-Owens <jbn>
Component:	xorg-x11	Assignee:	Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	3	CC:	wtogami
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OS:	Linux
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Description J.B. Nicholson-Owens 2004-11-11 20:57:07 UTC

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Description of problem:
Trackpad control in FC3 appears to have a scroll wheel area along the
right side of the trackpad and some buttons along the bottom.

As a result, I am always moving back one page in my web browser's
history when I tap on the trackpad to focus the web browser window.  I
also inadvertantly scroll documents up and down.

There ought to be a way to customize what areas of the trackpad do
these additional functions and there ought to be a way to turn them
off completely so I can have the complete area of the trackpad used
for mouse navigation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.9-1.667

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC3 on a notebook or laptop computer with a trackpad.
2. In a vertically scrollable area (like a tall web page), move your
finger up and down the right most side of the trackpad.  Notice the
scrolling web page.
3. Tap the bottom most area of the trackpad.  Notice the web browser
move through the history.

Expected Results:  I should have the ability to control how much of
the trackpad is used for these things, whether I want them on at all,
and which functions I want to use.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2004-11-14 04:10:54 UTC

Need to know more info about your hardware to know what driver its using.
Its possible theres some x config magic you can use to disable the 'buttons',
but that's out of my field of expertise.  Mike ?

Comment 2 J.B. Nicholson-Owens 2004-11-14 21:22:12 UTC

I'm guessing this is the relevant section of my /etc/X/xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Synaptics"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

It would appear that I'm using the Synaptics driver for the trackpad.