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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Anthony,

On my (ubuntu Karmic@) z21-mn_b with AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint-device it
doesn't give the information about pressure as presupposed in that
mini-how-to you linked to - touching with two fingers the pressure value
does not increase - so playing with values around 80, 85 or whatever you
want will not bring the result needed for emulating two finger mode in
that way..
I guess you will have to take an other device with a different chip-set
or glide-sensor..

Raphael

Am Mittwoch, den 02.09.2009, 10:36 -0700 schrieb ajmctaggart:
> 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
>         
>         *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

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