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[Francesco Saltarelli <castrumargenti@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried playing with pressure and tap related options but without luck !
I'm afraid that the problem is in the driver itself.

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Vincent Nivoliers <
vincent.nivoliers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le mar. 11 sept. 2012 19:42:13 CEST, Francesco Saltarelli a écrit :
>
>> Thank you for replying
>>
>> I tried your .conf file but, for me, tapping is still not working ...
>> Instead click and drag works
>>
>> To try if it's working I perform a simple test: on the desktop I just tap
>> repeatedly, while on windows the cursor stuck in the position where it is,
>> under ubuntu it starts to move. It doesn't move a lot but with such an high
>> resolution, just a little displacement is enough to prevent me clicking on
>> the, for example, maximize button ! It's really annoying !
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Vincent Nivoliers <
>> vincent.nivoliers@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:vincent.nivoliers@**gmail.com<vincent.nivoliers@xxxxxxxxx>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Le mar. 11 sept. 2012 17:39:48 CEST, Francesco Saltarelli a écrit :
>>
>>         Hi everyone,
>>
>>         The clickpad on the sony svz13 (also known as z3) doesn't work
>>         properly: tapping results also in moving the cursor, so it's
>>         really difficult to click in the right place.
>>
>>         I tried also this guide:
>>         http://ubuntuforums.org/__**showpost.php?p=11918367&__**
>> postcount=18<http://ubuntuforums.org/__showpost.php?p=11918367&__postcount=18>
>>         <http://ubuntuforums.org/**showpost.php?p=11918367&**postcount=18<http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11918367&postcount=18>
>> >
>>         <http://ubuntuforums.org/__**showpost.php?p=11918367&__**
>> postcount=18<http://ubuntuforums.org/__showpost.php?p=11918367&__postcount=18>
>>
>>         <http://ubuntuforums.org/**showpost.php?p=11918367&**postcount=18<http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11918367&postcount=18>>>
>> and
>>         added a 10-synaptics.conf file in order to get the clickpad
>>         buttons working (left click and right click)
>>
>>
>>         Under windows it works painless but only after installing the
>>         synaptic drivers, before it's the same as under ubuntu
>>
>>         As in the object I tried also on a sony vpcz2 and it's the same !
>>
>>         Is there a way to get it working properly ?
>>
>>         Best regards
>>         --         Saltarelli Francesco, <F.O.S.>
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>>     Hi,
>>      for now I use the following options in my 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" "3800"
>>            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"
>>            Option "SoftButtonAreas" "4000 0 3800 0 2000 3999 3800 0"
>>     EndSection
>>
>>     Using this file, I get the « clicking » working properly,
>>     especially a middle click when pressing just above the fingerprint
>>     reader. Another thing which works well with this file is the click
>>     and drag. Here you can click on the bottom smooth part of the pad
>>     and drag with an other finger on the upper part. The important
>>     line is the SoftButtonAreas option for this.
>>     The only annoying thing I couldn't figure out is how to deactivate
>>     moving the cursor in the bottom part without deactivating the
>>     middle and right click area detection. If you dont want this, I
>>     believe you can use the AreaBottomEdge parameter to render the
>>     bottom part of the pad insensitive. Using this the mouse will no
>>     longer move, but I believe clicking with your finger in this area
>>     will still trigger a click (although I'm not sure on this one).
>>     A good reference on these parameters can be found in synaptics man
>>     page. Search for "Area handling".
>>
>>     Good luck,
>>     Vincent.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Saltarelli Francesco, <F.O.S.> castrumargenti.dyndns.org <
>> http://castrumargenti.dyndns.**org <http://castrumargenti.dyndns.org>>
>> castrumargenti@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:castrumargenti@gmail.**com<castrumargenti@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>>
>
> For tapping, that's weird, since in my case double tapping triggers a
> right click, and tapping in the bottom right corner as well with this
> config.
> The fact that the cursor moves when clicking or tapping is indeed
> annoying. I haven't figured a solution yet. An idea might be to tweak the
> synaptics options setting the pressure ranges for tapping and clicking,
> such that when the pressure gets too high the cursor stops moving. Probably
> using options PressureMotionMin* and PressureMotionMax*, I havn't got the
> time to play with that yet.
>



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