Help with touchpad and monitor resolution.

[keeler1]

First of all i need to know how to use GSynaptics. When i try and use it it says i need to enter "SHMConfig" "true" in the xorg.conf file. As of now the input part of my xorg.conf file looks like:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "Synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

I had added the line ("SHMConfig" "true") at the end and it still wont open GSynaptics. So i try and log out and back in and it cant start the xserver and it tells me there is something wrong with the xorg.conf file and makes me create a new one. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Secondly Fedora will not let me change my screen resolution. I use the system -> administration -> display and the change the resolution to 1680 x 1050 but no matter what it always will stay 1400 x 1050. When using windows my monitor displays 1680x1050 perfectly but it will not work in fedora as of yet. Any help on this subject would also be greatly appreciated.

[Brian1]

Never had any luck using that option. I think it is for old XFree X server and not the newer Xorg Server used today. Don't quote me on that.

Now for resolution it may be because the values defined in the xorg.conf file for the monitor. Also one can try by adding that resolution manually to xorg.conf for the 24 bit depth section as the first choice. There are usualy 2 or more screen resolutions in a row.

It might help to post the entire xorg.conf.

Brian

[stevea]

It's

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

... and ...

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection

This is under FC6, Xorg 7.1.1 as autoconfig'ed by Anaconda.
On FC5 I never had the SHMconfig option, yet the synaptic app worked.

[keeler1]

Ok here is the whole xorg.conf in the attached file.

[keeler1]

Thanks for you help, i now have GSynaptics working but my monitor still wont display 1680x1050 resolution. My xorg.conf file looks exactly the same for the server layout section but it still wont let me use the 1680x1050 resolution.

[Brian1]

I would increase the values of this.
HorizSync 31.5 - 110.5