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yeahiii

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Registered: 2010-07-20

Posts: 4

macbook 5,1 synaptics tapping not working

Hey, I tried almost everything to get my macbook's (5,1 => late2008 unibody) touchpad recognizing taps again. the default settings did it

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

since i changed to the synaptics driver, the touchpad is way more precise, but tapping doesn't work
here's my xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "SynapticsTouchpad"
   Driver      "synaptics"
   Option      "AlwaysCore"        "true"  # send events to CorePointer
   #Option      "Device"            "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "Device"            "/dev/psaux"
   Option      "Protocol"          "auto-dev"
   Option      "SHMConfig"         "false" # configurable at runtime? security $
   Option      "LeftEdge"          "1700"  # x coord left
   Option      "RightEdge"         "5300"  # x coord right
   Option      "TopEdge"           "1700"  # y coord top
   Option      "BottomEdge"        "4200"  # y coord bottom
   Option      "FingerLow"         "20"    # pressure below this level triggers$
   Option      "FingerHigh"        "25"    # pressure above this level triggers$
   Option      "MaxTapTime"        "180"   # max time in ms for detecting tap
   Option      "VertEdgeScroll"    "true"  # enable vertical scroll zone
   Option      "HorizEdgeScroll"   "true"  # enable horizontal scroll zone
   Option      "CornerCoasting"    "true"  # enable continuous scroll with fing$
   Option      "CoastingSpeed"     "0.30"  # corner coasting speed
   Option      "VertScrollDelta"   "100"   # edge-to-edge scroll distance of th$
   Option      "HorizScrollDelta"  "100"   # edge-to-edge scroll distance of th$
   Option      "MinSpeed"          "0.60"  # speed factor for low pointer movem$
   Option      "MaxSpeed"          "1.20"  # maximum speed factor for fast poin$
   Option      "AccelFactor"       "0.0020"    # acceleration factor for normal$
   Option      "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "true"  # vertical scroll anywhere with $
   Option      "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "true"  # horizontal scroll anywhere wit$
   Option      "TapButton1" "1"
EndSection

Am I missing something?

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: macbook 5,1 synaptics tapping not working

I would not use an xorg.conf at all...   For your touchpad adjust /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf.   Also, look in you /var/log/Xorg.log.0 for hints.

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yeahiii

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Registered: 2010-07-20

Posts: 4

Re: macbook 5,1 synaptics tapping not working

editing 10-synpatics.conf and removing my changes from xorg.conf solved my problems. thx!