kratz00's Wiki

This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong.
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.0.tar.bz2\\ 

For use with kernel 2.6.x you need to enable synaptics touchpad
support when configuring the kernel (CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2). You also
need support for the evdev interface (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV).\\ 
If you
compile evdev as a module, make sure it is loaded before starting
the X server, as it will not be auto-loaded.

<code>
export XORG_PREFIX="/usr" &&
export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --mandir=$XORG_PREFIX/share/man --localstatedir=/var"
</code>

<code>
./configure $XORG_CONFIG --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
make
</code>

<code>
make install
</code>

Add the driver to the Xorg configuration file (usually called /etc/X11/xorg.conf)

<code>
Section "Module"
...
 Load "synaptics"
...
EndSection
</code>

also this

<code>
 Section "InputDevice"
  Driver        "synaptics"
  Identifier    "TouchPad"
  Option        "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
  Option        "LeftEdge"      "1700"
  Option        "RightEdge"     "5300"
  Option        "TopEdge"       "1700"
  Option        "BottomEdge"    "4200"
  Option        "FingerLow"     "25"
  Option        "FingerHigh"    "30"
  Option        "MaxTapTime"    "180"
  Option        "MaxTapMove"    "220"
  Option        "VertScrollDelta" "100"
  Option        "MinSpeed"      "0.06"
  Option        "MaxSpeed"      "0.12"
  Option        "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
 EndSection
</code>

and not to forget I changed the "ServerLayout" section, so I can use the mouse if connected or the touchpad if enabled or both at the same time

<code>
 Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "TouchPad" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
 EndSection
</code>