[ltp] Selecting a new Thinkpad

Vincent Bernat linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:13:12 +0200


 =E2=9D=A6  3 septembre 2014 16:40 -0400, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>=C2=
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>> the clickpad situation is a little more bearable with the new
>> xf86-input-synaptics
>> and a newish kernel.  that said, it is still unacceptable (as tested on a
>> co-worker laptop).
>
> Have you tried with something like this?  It makes the trackpad work
> more like buttons (since I prefer using the J-stick to control the
> mouse pointer anyway).

Well, I have just turn the clickpad into a giant button area. I have
also patched synaptics driver with this patch to disable move but keep
gestures to get scrolling with two fingers:
 http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xorg/2014-June/056689.html

But I am missing the wheel mouse emulation. I will try with 1.8.0 if it
works.
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