Issue with touchpad.

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:36:14 -0700
Aaron <drakaar at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am having this problem as well, but when I try to change any settings
> with synclient or syndaemon it reports an error that has to do with
> SHMConfig. It says I need SHMConfig *on* my Touchpad configuration. I
> don't know what it is talking about.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aaron

You need to add SHMConfig to /etc/X11/xorg.conf int the "InputDevice"
section for the touchpad.  I found some useful info here.
	http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Synaptics_Touchpad

But, I haven't been able to turn off the tapping (which I hate) with
Breezy. I could turn off tapping with the earlier Hoary+ALPS hacked
kernel I was running.


> On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 12:40 +0200, Peter Pregler wrote:
> > HC Brugmans wrote:
> > > James Smith wrote:
> > > 
> > >>In Ubuntu it does not appear easy, if at all possible, to disable the
> > >>touchpad when a usb mouse is plugged in, nor to disable it manually.
> > >>This is, if nothing else, a nuisance and it would be nice if X could use
> > >>a software hack, just like it does for me in WinXP.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > 
> > > Please file a wishlist bug in bugzilla.ubuntu.com, so we can keep track
> > > of the issue.
> > > 
> > 
> > There is a manual solution, see synclient(1). Hooking that to the
> > hotplug-infrastructure should not be that hard.
> > 
> > -Peter
> > 
> > 
> 
>