Comments on: Tweaking your Synaptics Touchpad (laptops) : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10)

By: Asidcel

Asidcel — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:44:36 +0000

Now no xorg.conf is used by default, but synclient MaxTapTime=0 still works to disable mouse clicks with touchpad. It can be executed from the Run dialog (ALT+F2). To undo: synclient MaxTapTime=180

But the command that has (almost) the same effect as the gnome-mouse-properties menu (Touchpad tab -> take the mark out from “Enable mouse clicks with touchpad”) is:
synclient TapButton1=0 TapButton2=0 TapButton3=0
It can also be run from ALT+F2
To undo: ALT+F2 -> gnome-mouse-properties -> Touchpad tab -> “Enable mouse clicks with touchpad” (click twice, first to take the mark out, then to put it again).

These things can be done also with xinput:
1. xinput list
2. xinput list-props x|grep -i tap (x is a number: the id of the device, probably something with Alps or Synaptics. You can use instead xinput list-props “nameofthedevice”|grep -i tap , for example xinput list-props “AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint”|grep -i tap or xinput list-props “SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad”|grep -i tap ).
3a. xinput set-prop x –type=int y 0 (x is the same number as before; y is the number between brackets next to “Synaptics Tap Time”. You can use instead xinput set-prop “nameofthedevice” “Synaptics Tap Time” 0 , for example xinput set-prop “AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint” “Synaptics Tap Time” 0 or xinput set-prop “SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad” “Synaptics Tap Time” 0 ). To undo: xinput set-prop x –type=int y 180 or xinput set-prop “nameofthedevice” “Synaptics Tap Time” 180
3b. xinput set-prop x –type=int z 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 (x is the same number as before; z is the number between brackets next to “Synaptics Tap Action”. You can use instead xinput set-prop “nameofthedevice” “Synaptics Tap Action” 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 . This command has exactly the same effect as the gnome-mouse-properties menu -> Touchpad tab -> take the mark out from “Enable mouse clicks with touchpad”). To undo: ALT+F2 -> gnome-mouse-properties -> Touchpad tab -> “Enable mouse clicks with touchpad” (click twice, first to take the mark out, then to put it again).

By: Natovr

Natovr — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:07:59 +0000

Update… on Karmic, you have to install gsynaptics. There is probably still the “qsynaptics” one in an older repo, but by default, when I try to install qsynaptics, it says:

No candidate version found for qsynaptics

By: Amr Mostafa

Amr Mostafa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:06:22 +0000

Update: On Edgy, I can see this part of GNOME’s preferences. Not sure if it’s available on previous Ubuntu’s (GNOMEs) or not. But anyway. System => Preferences => Mouse. Then click on “Touchpad”.

Cheers,

By: Mike Chicago

Mike Chicago — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:10:17 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. Fantastic!

By: CLICK

CLICK — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:10:29 +0000

More Synaptic touchpad configuration tips for Ubuntu…

Depending on the distro, the Alps touchpad on the $0 Laptop — a Gateway Solo 1450 — reacts completely differently. It usually allows a tap on the touchpad to be interpreted as a left-click. At first it’s annoying, and later……

By: Glen Robinson

Glen Robinson — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:48:50 +0000

In the server section of xorg.conf.
Just add another line (you can leave the input device configured mouse line in)
“input device” Synaptics Touchpad”.
Then assuming you have added the complete initial section (in original post).
Restart X with CTL-ALT-BACKSPACE.
Check that SHMconfig et.al. is running by entering:
synclient -l .
This should give you a complete list of options – and NOT SHMconfig not running
errors.
Now to turn off a tap on the touchpad emulating a mouse click enter:
synclient MaxTapTime=0

Finally, you probably want to put the applicable synclient options in your bash startup scripts

By: beire

beire — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:35:54 +0000

i found out that i cant scroll horizontal but when i scrol horizontal i go to the previous or to the next site in the internetbrowser,
can anyone help me?
thanks

By: beire

beire — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:23:45 +0000

my section for touchpad devices was also missing, i have put these lines in xorg.conf:

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad”
Driver “synaptics”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “true”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Protocol” “auto-dev”
Option “HorizScrollDelta” “0″
Option “SHMConfig” “on”
EndSection

and in the section:
Section “ServerLayout”

i have changed
InputDevice “Configured Mouse”

into this:
InputDevice “Synaptics Touchpad”

then i installed qsynaptics
i can start it but it doesnt change anything.. i cant scroll horizontal
what can i do about this?

By: Lou

Lou — Sun, 27 May 2007 00:13:58 +0000

Dood, this rocks. I hate tap to click and now it’s off. Glad someone put this up on the internet.

By: John

John — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:41:14 +0000

Thanks – great tip.