Touchpad configuration

[netter]

I installed FC6 on an Apple iBook G3, and by default the touchpad tapping is on, and oversensitive. I fixed the issue on an IBM Thinkpad with the gsynaptics package, but couldn't fix it on the iBook. Anyone customized touchpad on Apple laptop?

[bman]

To disable tapping I modified the Input Device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look like:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
# Modified this line to disable tap function
Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection

The MaxTapTime is the important one. I'm not sure about just making it less sensitive if thats what you want to do.

[netter]

Thanks. The default xorg.conf on iBook doesn't have a synaptics section, while on Thinkpad it does. X server doesn't start on iBook after adding the synaptics section -- mouse init error. The same revision worked on Thinkpad. I wonder if the Apple touchpad is different. Part of my xorg.conf is

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
#Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
#Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse"
#Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

[bman]

I'm using a PC so someone else may be able to answer the questions regarding the Apples synaptics section.

I'd imagine it has the InputDevice Section by default? If so then don't modify the file at all apart from changing the MaxTapTime to "0". You probably don't need to change anything else.