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#1 2010-10-23 08:52:38

SternGerlachExperiment
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Touchpad insanely sensitive

I tried to figure out how to configure my touchpad properly, but couldn't.

The problem is that my touchpad seems way too sensitive. The cursors wiggles around even if I don't have my finger pressed firmly on the touchpad. That is, it wiggles even if my finger is about 1-2 millimeters above the touchpad. I don't even have to touch the pad. This results in the cursor jumping around the screen every time I place my finger on the touchpad.

Is there some setting I could chance or is this a hardware defect?

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#2 2010-10-23 09:36:03

xvello
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Re: Touchpad insanely sensitive

Hello,

The synaptics driver you are probably using has a lot of options to fine-tune its behaviour. You should try higher values of the "FingerHigh" option.
The archlinux wiki should have the necessary documentation to configure the driver.

Cheers

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#3 2010-10-23 10:02:31

SternGerlachExperiment
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Re: Touchpad insanely sensitive

Thanks for your answer. There was a configuration example of ALPS touchpad that had this FingerHigh option but it wasn't explained what it does. I'll try what changing it does.

Edit:

Adding Option "FingerHigh" "8" into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf and tuning the value worked. Thanks for the help

Last edited by SternGerlachExperiment (2010-10-23 11:42:00)

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#4 2010-10-23 18:36:42

xvello
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Re: Touchpad insanely sensitive

You're welcome !

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