hardy on amd laptop. can't apt-get install ksynaptics $#&^%#&^!

[abhishek rane]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp at ttlc.net>wrote:

> OH no!!!!!
>
> I've just installed hardy from an 8.04.1 alt install cd on a Gateway
> laptop (MT6451 Notebook PC) It has AMD Turion 64x2 processor and a
> 120 gig HD
>
> It installed, but there are a few problems. To me the biggest is that
> this laptop has one of those ^&$^&$*%^(*&(^&ing touchpad pointing
> devices that defaults to tapping enabled. For vista I installed
> synaptics just so I could disable tapping. For every linux I've ever
> installed on this laptop I've installed ksynaptics for the same reason.
>
> This included the edgy I just replaced with hardy... GAWD do I wish I
> had used apt-get to upgrade through each of the releases in between
> as then I might still have ksynaptics which is apparently no longer
> in the repositories...
>
> apt-get install ksynaptics
>
> just gets me the fact that it's not available but mentioned in another
> package...
>
> This happens even when I enable backports in /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
> I'm VERY dependent on disabling tapping. With tapping enabled I can't
> get the mouse pointer from point a to point b without having undesired
> click events happening to each and every object in between...
>
> And even when I'm typing on the keyboard it seems like the hairs on my
> wrist can apply enough force to the fscking touchpad to cause a click
> event when I didn't think I was touching the durned thing at all...
>
> Would someone please tell me how to disable tapping in hardy kubuntu ???
>
>
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Here you can find the .deb file and source
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17286
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