Touchpad tapping doesn't work in F11 Preview

[gletscher]

I just tried the F11 Preview and it's the most polished KDE4 distribution out there. I am amazed, good job!!

However tapping on the touchpad doesn't work, meaning I actually have to use the clicker for every single click I do, and for scrolling, too. I so would switch to fedora, but this is too annoying. I read somewhere that the new XOrg handles input devices differently, is that connect to my issue?

I have a standard synaptic touchpad in an Asus U3s.


Greetings,
Gletscher

[sideways]

synclient TapButton1=1

will enable basic tapping, see 'man synclient' for further options, or just type 'synclient -l' to see current settings. probably easier to use ksynaptics

[gletscher]

wow that's crazy, tapping works, awesome! thanks for the fast help!!


Is it supposed to be disabled by default?

thanks again!

[sideways]

Originally Posted by gletscher

wow that's crazy, tapping works, awesome! thanks for the fast help!!


Is it supposed to be disabled by default?

Yes, in F11 tapping is disabled by default. (In previous releases it was not trivial to re-enable it, which wasn't very sensible)

[scottro]

I've seen a few different versions of the best way to fix this permanently by now. The way I use is to copy /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi to /etc/hal/fdi/policy.

Then edit that file. It looks like, in part

    <!-- To add custom options for the touchpad, modify the examples below
             to suit your needs. The available options are listed in the
             "synaptics" man page. After modifyfing this file, you must
             restart HAL. Check the output of lshal whether your modifications
             have been merged successfully.

             Note: Options must always be type "string".
             The following examples enable left, right, middle clicks on
             single, double, triple finger tapping, respectively.

             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge>
        -->

Note that those merge key lines are commented (it's an xml file, so anything between that <!-- and --> are comments.

So, you want to put those three lines with the TapButton in them below the comment part.

So, after the --> in the file put

    <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
             <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge>

Making sure they're above the </match> line that you'll see lower down in the file.

Also, note that for some reason, they have TapButton2 being 3 and 3 being 2. Whether that was a typo or some nefarious xorg or Fedora design, I have no idea, but you probably want to change those two lines so that TapButton2 is 2 and 3 is 3.

Mostly, I've put this info in (I believe sideways has posted it elsewhere) so that next time someone asks, I can find it by using the subscribed posts feature.

[gletscher]

Well thanks alot for the help, still I think in the long run there should be an option in the mouse configuration to enable it by point&click, to help people enjoy tapping without consulting the forum and moving xml files around :-)

[sideways]

Originally Posted by gletscher

Well thanks alot for the help, still I think in the long run there should be an option in the mouse configuration to enable it by point&click, to help people enjoy tapping without consulting the forum and moving xml files around :-)

There is in Gnome, don't know about KDE

[wnaris]

wow !

Thank you so much

[wnaris]

Originally Posted by sideways

synclient TapButton1=1

will enable basic tapping, see 'man synclient' for further options, or just type 'synclient -l' to see current settings. probably easier to use ksynaptics

this really work, fast and simple