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[Vincent Nivoliers <vincent.nivoliers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
on debian, you can configure it with synclient for one session, and write
down the options in the xorg.conf to make it permanent. From what I
understood, what we have is a clickpad, which is actually one giant touch
sensible button to be handle differently depending on where the finger
lies. From the archives of this mailing list, here is my
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "LeftEdge"               "2900"
        Option "RightEdge"              "4000"
        Option "TopEdge"                "1620"
        Option "BottomEdge"             "3900"
        Option "TapButton1"             "1"
        Option "TapButton2"             "3"
        Option "TabButton3"             "2"
        Option "FastTaps"               "1"
        Option "CornerCoasting"         "1"
        Option "CoastingSpeed"          "0.30"
        Option "PalmDetect"             "true"
        Option "VertTwoFingerScroll"    "true"
        Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll"   "true"
        Option "SHMConfig"              "on"
        Option "SendCoreEvents"
        Option "MaxDoubleTapTime"       "50"
        Option "LBCornerButton"         "1"
        Option "RBCornerButton"         "3"
        Option "FingerLow"              "7"
        Option "FingerHigh"             "8"
        Option "MaxTapTime"             "180"
        Option "MaxTapMove"             "110"
        Option "VertScrollDelta"        "20"
        Option "HorizScrollDelta"       "20"
        Option "MinSpeed"               "0.60"
        Option "MaxSpeed"               "1.10"
        Option "AccelFactor"            "0.030"
        Option "EdgeMotionMinpeed"      "200"
        Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed"     "200"
EndSection

The parameter regulating whether the bottom part of the pad should be
sensible is the BottomEdge one. This mostly works, however the click
doesn't take into account the position of the finger and is always
considered as a left click. I'm now used to solely tap.
Hoping this helps,
Vincent.


2012/2/22 Flavio <fbcyborg@xxxxxxxxx>

> Hello,
>
> I encountered a strange issue with the touchpad.
> It works on Linux but it's a little bit different on how it works on
> Windows.
>
> Let me explain with an example (I hope the drawing below won't lose the
> formatting):
>
> ------------------------------------------
> |                                        |
> |                                        |
> |                                        |
> |                   A                   |
> |                                        |
> |                                        |
> |_______________________|
> |                   |                    |
> |        B         |        C         |
> |___________|___________|
>
> The scheme above represents the touchpad.
> A is the area where you put the finger to move the mouse pointer, B and C
> the left and right buttons.
>
> I've noticed in Linux that if I swipe the finger even on B and C
> zones, the pointer
> continues to move. So it is like if the A+B+C area would be good to
> move the pointer.
> this doesn't happen on Windows.
>
> How is it possible to have the same behaviour on Linux?
> I use Gentoo Linux kernel 3.2.6 + x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Flavio
>
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