[Bug 268506] Re: Cannot configure Synaptics TouchStyk settings (e.g. sensitivity, tapping, press/select)

[Dana Goyette]

Here's what I think is the problem: current versions of the Linux kernel break the stick out as a separate "PS/2 Generic Mouse", instead of having it be part of the touchpad device.  
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-27/0026.html

It seems the Synaptics Xorg driver still has accommodations for a guest mouse within it: there's a GuestMouseOff option (that now does nothing), and synclient -m shows the following columns:
    time     x    y        z  f  w  l   r u d m     multi      gl gm gr gdx gdy
   0.000     1 5855   0 0  0  0 0 0 0 0  00000000   0  0  0   0   0
the gl, gm, gr, gdx, and gdy options are supposed to be for the guest mouse motion... but they don't work.  

Ideally, I'd be able to configure middle-mouse scroll emulation only
when the middle button on the guest is used... but as it is, the stick's
buttons are logically attached to the touchpad, and not the "PS/2
Generic Mouse"... so I can't use scroll emulation, and I can't use
press-to-select.

Note that in Windows, the Device Manager shows only the Touchpad device;
the stick is part of that device.

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Cannot configure Synaptics TouchStyk settings (e.g. sensitivity, tapping, press/select)
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