Toshiba Laptop, Gnome unable to adjust the touchpad properties

[shadowlesshand]

i am running a Tosh m35x with fedora core 4. it detected my touchpad and installed great. However, my cursor moves really slow. Despite having gone into desktop preferences and pumped the speed up to make, i noticed no change in the speed or accel. One pass on my touchpad takes me about 1/4th of the way across my screen. Annoying as heck.

I am new to linux, and could use some help. please be gentle

[jeffk42]

Try this:

As root, open the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- then look for the section related to your touchpad (could be 'Mouse', 'Synaptics Mouse', etc.).

In that section, look for the values 'MinSpeed', 'MaxSpeed', and 'AccelFactor'. If they're not there, you'll have to add the lines below.

These values are just an example, so feel free to change them to suit your needs -- this is just how I like it.

        Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.10"
        Option          "MaxSpeed"              "1.50"
        Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.0300"

save the file. You'll have to restart X, I think.

[shadowlesshand]

Thanks Jeff, ill give that a try. i read in the xfree86 documentation about having to alter that file for an ALPS glidepoint pad (which i have) and i went ahead and logged in as root to amend the xorg.conf file with the info given in the xfee86.alps file. however, when returning to my usr i got an x windows system failure and had to reconfig my monitor....weird considering the only changes i made were to the input device under the xconfig file...i assume it just re-wrote the file all together because when i went back none of the amendments i had made were still in the file. Anywho, ill give it another shot. I appreciate it.

[shadowlesshand]

worked like a charm. Thanks jeff. peace out.

[McGragger]

This worked like a charm for me too on a Sony Vaio. Should work by default though.