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[Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

on my Vaio z11-mn, it does.
I didn't directly succeed with making double-finger scroll happen  
since the w value was always to 0 whereas sinclient -l had a  
doublefinger minw to 7 ... which I had to correct to 0 to make  
double-finger scroll working.

The french thread about it was at :
http://forums.fedora-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=43601

Alexandre Kaspar

Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 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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