Description of problem: The package update system obsoleted the old synaptics package and replaced it with xorg-x11-drv-synaptics on 2008-11-03. This broke my previously working ALPS touchpad configuration. Up to that point, i'd had no problems with the touchpad since installing F9 when it came out. But now i can't configure it to work how i want it to. With no section for it in xorg.conf, i get edge scrolling and tapping. With any configuration for it in xorg.conf, i can't seem to get either. With SHMConfig set to "true", synclient works and gsynaptics works, but neither of them appear to be able to turn on edge scrolling. Synclient reports it as enabled: VertEdgeScroll = 1 HorizEdgeScroll = 1 and gsynaptics says the same thing, but it doesn't work. My problem is that i want scrolling but not tapping - and i can only have both (with nothing in xorg.conf) or neither. I have tried explicitly enabling scrolling in xorg.conf, but that doesn't work either. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.15.1-3.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Editing xorg.conf does it for me. Steps to Reproduce: 1. add section in xorg.conf for touchpad 2. enable SHMConfig 3. try and get scrolling to work Actual results: scrolling doesn't work Expected results: scrolling should work Additional info: Thinkpad R61 ALPS touchpad worked fine with old 'synaptics' driver package
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Created attachment 322921 [details] xorg.conf with SHMConfig enabled This is the version of xorg.conf i hand edited to enable SHMConfig to try configuring using gsynaptics. With this configuration, neither scrolling nor tapping work (both are enabled in gsynaptics. Note: gsynaptics gives the following warning: ** (gsynaptics:17807): WARNING **: Using synclient
Created attachment 322922 [details] Xorg.0.log for xorg.conf in attachment number 322921 This is the xorg.log produced by starting X with the hand edited version of xorg.conf with SHMConfig enabled (attachment 322921 [details]).
BTW, you might find this http://who-t.blogspot.com/ interesting as well.
A few things to try: maybe the right edge is reported wrong, so changing RightEdge to something lower may start triggering the scrolling. Also, have you tried adjusting (increasing) MaxTapMove? The server picks up the device in the xorg.conf, so any option you provide there should be passed to the driver. Please post the complete output of synclient -l and the output of synclient -m 20 when moving up and down the right edge of the touchpad.
Ah. Ok, i ran 'synclient -m 1' (as suggested in the man page) and got the x and y coordinates of the right and bottom edges and put them into xorg.conf and now scrolling works fine. Tapping works too - i just had tapping time set to shortest in gsynaptics. If i set it slower, it works. (Which isn't what i want, of course, but just to confirm it does work.) I won't bother with the output of 'synclient -m' unless you want it still. But the settings i've used are 900 for RightEdge and 700 for BottomEdge. I'll attach the output of synclient -l anyway, in case you want it. That output is after i've edited xorg.conf and got scrolling working. Tap time is set to shortest. Thanks for your help.
Created attachment 323048 [details] Output of 'synclient -l' after editing xorg.conf to configure RightEdge and BottomEdge Output from 'synclient -l' with RightEdge and BottomEdge set in xorg.conf. "Tapping Time" is set to shortest with gsynaptics.
(In reply to comment #6) > Ah. Ok, i ran 'synclient -m 1' (as suggested in the man page) and got the x and > y coordinates of the right and bottom edges and put them into xorg.conf and now > scrolling works fine. the touchpad reports 0-1023 and 0-767 for x/y as ranges. Does this mean it doesn't actually get up to these values? what's the maximum value for x/y you got from the touchpad (with synclient -m)? The reason I ask is that if the touchpad reports wrong axis ranges there isn't much we can do. If however it reports correctly but the automatic edge calculation is too tight, we can fix that.
The highest i can get to is about 988/738 (x/y) - but there's those little strips in the corners that i can't get any part of my finger into, so i guess 1023/767 is probably about right. I can get scrolling to work with a tighter edge zone, but it's a bit clunky. It works reasonably well with 900/700. 850 is actually a bit smoother - and seems to be about the best trade-off between between smoothness and size of the scroll-free area of the rest of the touchpad. The thinkpad touchpad is relatively deeply recessed. I haven't got anything else handy to compare it with, but i'm sure some touchpads aren't as deep - which means the thinkpad probably needs a slightly wider edge zone to compensate.
ok, I'll leave that be for a while now since we have found a solution for you. I'll have a look at what's upstream now and whether we can make the auto-config a bit smarter.
Thanks for your help.
I'm also seeing some problems with synaptic driver - running T61. As a workaround I've enable also Circular scrolling and selected start point on the right side - that seems to return the old behavior. But I'd be curious what is the proper solution. xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-0.99.1-1.fc11.x86_64 Here is my Input Device section: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "RTCornerButton" "2" Option "RTCornerButton" "3" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" EndSection Here is portion of Xorg.log (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.99.1 (--) Synaptics auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event7 (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7" (II) Synaptics: x-axis range 1472 - 5472 (II) Synaptics: y-axis range 1408 - 4448 (II) Synaptics: pressure range 0 - 255 (II) Synaptics: finger width range 0 - 0 (II) Synaptics: buttons: left right middle double triple (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on" (**) Option "RTCornerButton" "2" (**) Option "TapButton1" "1" (**) Option "TapButton2" "2" (**) Option "TapButton3" "3" (--) Synaptics touchpad found (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Synaptics: always reports core events And output of synaptic -l (it used to work with just Vertical and Horizontal scrolling) Parameter settings: LeftEdge = 1632 RightEdge = 5312 TopEdge = 1575 BottomEdge = 4281 FingerLow = 24 FingerHigh = 29 FingerPress = 255 MaxTapTime = 180 MaxTapMove = 221 MaxDoubleTapTime = 180 SingleTapTimeout = 180 ClickTime = 100 FastTaps = 0 EmulateMidButtonTime = 75 EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 280 VertScrollDelta = 5 HorizScrollDelta = 5 VertEdgeScroll = 0 HorizEdgeScroll = 0 CornerCoasting = 0 VertTwoFingerScroll = 1 HorizTwoFingerScroll = 0 MinSpeed = 0.4 MaxSpeed = 0.7 AccelFactor = 0.00995223 TrackstickSpeed = 40 EdgeMotionMinZ = 29 EdgeMotionMaxZ = 159 EdgeMotionMinSpeed = 1 EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 401 EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0 UpDownScrolling = 1 LeftRightScrolling = 1 UpDownScrollRepeat = 1 LeftRightScrollRepeat = 1 ScrollButtonRepeat = 100 TouchpadOff = 0 GuestMouseOff = 0 LockedDrags = 0 LockedDragTimeout = 5000 RTCornerButton = 2 RBCornerButton = 0 LTCornerButton = 0 LBCornerButton = 0 TapButton1 = 1 TapButton2 = 2 TapButton3 = 3 ClickFinger1 = 1 ClickFinger2 = 1 ClickFinger3 = 1 CircularScrolling = 1 CircScrollDelta = 0.03 CircScrollTrigger = 3 CircularPad = 0 PalmDetect = 0 PalmMinWidth = 10 PalmMinZ = 199 CoastingSpeed = 0 PressureMotionMinZ = 29 PressureMotionMaxZ = 159 PressureMotionMinFactor = 1 PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1 GrabEventDevice = 1
(In reply to comment #12) > I'm also seeing some problems with synaptic driver - running T61. Please open a separate bugreport for this issue, the T61s have a different touchpad model. Also, I'd need you to specify "some problems" in a bit more detail please.
Ahh I think I'll add this still to this bugzilla - the problem is unrelated to T61 and at some point, Xorg disabled VertEdgeScroll and HorizEdgeScroll by default - I'm not sure why the gsynaptics shows them enabled (which in fact is wrong, and kind of confusing) - but the solution is to enable these two them in xorg.conf - though other distribution seems to be keeping the patch for Xorg compilation to enable them by default - maybe Fedora should do the same ?
Zdenek: This was disabled in rawhide, not F9. For the gsynaptics issue, see Bug #489648.
Yes - I know - see the Bug #481552 that was already reported by me in January - I think Bug #489648 should be marked as duplicate.
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