synaptics touchpad on ubuntu eee

[Scott]

I found a fix for intrepid 8.10 on the wiki.  You need to create a new 
file using "sudo kate /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi" and in that 
file put the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
   <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
    <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
   </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

You are not suppose to need to do this in intrepid 8.10, but you do for 
now.  Gsynaptics and touchfreeze will both work if you do this. 
Gsynaptics will allow you to turn off the tapping and still use the 
touch pad.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott
http://sgaming.org

Sent to you from a Linux computer using Kubuntu Version 8.10