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[ajmctaggart <ajmctaggart@xxxxxxxxx>]

Works much more smoothly on the Nvidia Card too...

Does anyone know if Multi-Finger gestures are supportable on the Vaio Z
touchpad?

Thanks,
Anthony

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:28 AM, ajmctaggart <ajmctaggart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Before using my Vaio on Linux, I was using a Mac running OS X.  A feature
> that I really missed was the two-finger horiz/vert scroll that Macs come
> enabled with in OS X.  I have figured out a rather hackish way to get this
> far to enable it on my Vaio Z520N.
>
> 1)  copy the shmconfig.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
> 2)  cd into /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/
> 3) backup existing 11-x11-synaptics.fdi
> 4) copy in the updated one I've provided
>
> In order to tweak the settings, from a terminal you should run
> $ synclient -m 10
> and pay attention to the z axis when using two fingers, the value it
> outputs can be edited in the 11-x11-synaptics.fdi file to your liking
>
>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">100</merge>
>
> ...My value is at 80 or 85 (still playing with it)
>
> Sources cited:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1127095&page=2
>
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_9.04_(Jaunty_Jackalope)_on_a_ThinkPad_T400<http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Ubuntu_9.04_%28Jaunty_Jackalope%29_on_a_ThinkPad_T400>
>
> *The interesting Source: will help with future hacks and adjustments to my
> trackpad
> http://linux.die.net/man/5/synaptics
>
>
> I believe there are still a couple of issues however...
> My main question is, now my touchpad doesn't seem to work from login
> screen, not a huge deal, but could anyone give me some advice?  Im running
> Ubuntu Jaunty with 2.6.28-15 generic.  Also, I will have to add more
> parameters to get a more functional trackpad with the precision the Mac
> has.
>
> Many people just carry a bluetooth or mini-usb mouse.  I for one really do
> like to utilize my trackpad, and these instructions have helped quite a
> bit...
>
> Hope someone else finds them helpful
> -Anthony
>
>