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.

rizzo · 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.

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