How to enable Touchpad tapping/mouse click action?

Mich · 2010-05-14 08:24:46

Tried installing CrunchBang Statler but unable to proceed due to firmware issues (crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/67890/#p67890)

Went ahead to install Debian Sqeeze and got it working.

In CrunchBang LiveCD, tapping on the touchpad can result in a mouse click (which is normal), however
in my Debian Sqeeze installation, the touchpad does not react to a tapping action.

Appreciate if someone can advise how to configure the tapping (mouse click) action for the touchpad, thanks.

omns · 2010-05-14 08:55:58

http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad

oupsemma · 2010-05-14 08:56:56

You could find some hints there:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraNav
http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T500
http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46851

Mich · 2010-05-14 09:31:15

Thanks for the links, got the Tap-n-Click working for the touchpad,

but in return lost the scrolling (up/down , left/right) capability sad

oupsemma · 2010-05-14 11:52:08

have a look there, for some more customizations:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Len … nkPad_T400
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T400
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61p

dippedandfried · 2010-05-14 13:08:22

Mich....

Install gpointing-device-settings and try that...

I also found another one that lets me turn *off* the touchpad when I'm mousing it: touchfreeze

-D&F

Mich · 2010-05-14 23:45:27

Thanks all for the input,

after visiting the links and multiple modifications to xorg.conf and reboot, finally got what I needed
- tap-and-click working
- edge scrolling working

All information is obtained from ArchLinux site wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_S … org_method

Below is the changes to xorg.conf for future user's ease of reference:

Section "ServerLayout"
...
...
InputDevice "SynapticsTouchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "AlwaysCore" "true" # send events to CorePointer
#Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "SHMConfig" "false" # configurable at runtime? security risk
Option "LeftEdge" "1700" # x coord left
Option "RightEdge" "5300" # x coord right
Option "TopEdge" "1700" # y coord top
Option "BottomEdge" "4200" # y coord bottom
Option "FingerLow" "25" # pressure below this level triggers release
Option "FingerHigh" "30" # pressure above this level triggers touch
Option "MaxTapTime" "180" # max time in ms for detecting tap
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" # enable vertical scroll zone
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" # enable horizontal scroll zone
Option "CornerCoasting" "true" # enable continuous scroll with finger in corner
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30" # corner coasting speed
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the vertical scroll
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the horizontal scroll
Option "MinSpeed" "0.10" # speed factor for low pointer movement
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60" # maximum speed factor for fast pointer movement
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020" # acceleration factor for normal pointer movements
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
EndSection

#!Francisco · 2012-01-01 17:23:33

Hi!, I am new to #! and I have the same problem with my touchpad, tapping does not click, I try to do what you suggested but I do not have the Xorg.config so I cannot edit it. I tried sudo Xorg -configure as suggested there--> http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpa … _xorg.conf but it fails because there is some problem with the X server and it can't "establish any listening sockets". I have no idea what to do. I appreciate your help.

xaos52 · 2012-01-01 17:52:08

- Do you have the synaptics driver installed? probably yes. Verify with

apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

if not:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

- Merge the options from the wiki in this file:
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

Restart X.

hth

#!Francisco · 2012-01-01 22:53:47

xaos52 thank you so very much!... you are totally right,

dubois · 2012-01-01 22:58:42

^ He's good. He's very good.

jnfass · 2013-11-08 19:12:30

I just installed Statler from a LiveCD (USB), and experienced this ... tapping (on an Asus EeePC 1005HA) worked in the LiveCD, but not after install. However, I'd only rebooted once, as instructed, at the end of the install. I rebooted again (after hosing my touchpad with the modprobe -r command above ... the modprobe psmouse to re-insert the module failed with a bunch of unknown parameters), and tapping works again. Like magic.

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How to enable Touchpad tapping/mouse click action?

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