[ltp] Synaptics mouse driver: disable all but scroll events?

[Tasmanian D]

Hi,
see mine settings below.
Up/Down scroll at the right side of the touchpad generates button 4/5 
events.
Left/Right scroll at the bottom of the touchpad generates button 6/7 events.
NO other touchpad action enabled.
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Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier    "Synaptics Mouse" 
 

   Driver        "synaptics" 
 

   Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux" 
 

   Option        "Protocol"      "auto" 
 


   Option        "LeftEdge"      "1700" 
 

   Option        "RightEdge"     "5300" 
 

   Option        "TopEdge"       "1700" 
 

   Option        "BottomEdge"    "4200" 
 


   Option        "FingerLow"     "25" 
 

   Option        "FingerHigh"    "30" 
 


   Option        "MaxTapTime"    "0" 
 

   Option        "MaxTapMove"    "0" 
 

   Option        "MaxDoubleTapTime"    "0"
   Option        "ClickTime"    "0"

   Option        "VertScrollDelta" "100" 
 

   Option        "HorizScrollDelta" "100"

   Option        "MinSpeed"      "0" 
 

   Option        "MaxSpeed"      "0" 
 

   Option        "AccelFactor" "0" 
 


   Option        "SHMConfig"     "on" 
 

   Option        "TouchpadOff"     "off"

#  Option       "Repeater"      "/dev/ps2mouse" 
 

EndSection
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Hope this helps,
Tasmanian

Ben Pearre wrote:
> Hi...
> 
> I'm trying to set up the Synaptics touchpad driver on my R40 (running
> the latest Debian unstable).  I use the trackpoint for most things,
> but I'm trying to configure the touchpad to send scroll events (and
> nothing else).
> 
> Right now, the touchpad works for vertical scrolling (edge, and
> circular).  But I cannot make it do horizontal.
> 
> Here's what I've tried:
> 
> * Configured using the KDE Synaptics touchpad tool.  Without this, I
>   don't get _any_ scroll in either direction (in xterm and galeon),
>   BUT I do get mouse button 6 and 7 events through xev (but now not
>   buttons 4&5).  This seems to be true even if SHMConfig is set to
>   false.  With ksynaptics, I get 4&5 but not 6&7.
> 
> * Setting the top and bottom borders of the touchpad to meet in the
>   middle, so there is no middle area.  I inferred from the docs that
>   horizontal scroll would begin when HorizScrollDelta movement was
>   seen in the bottom area.  Synclient shows sensor events well below
>   my set BottomEdge (down to about y=4750-ish), but xev reports no
>   events for touches lower than about 4589-ish (BottomEdge=3001).
> 
> * Added "Buttons 7" to XF86Config-4, and played with many combinations
>   of [XYZ]AxisMapping.  Seems this has to be duplicated in CorePointer
>   (my trackpad is Send(ing)CoreEvents).  These seem to make no
>   difference (?).
> 
> * Disabling circular scrolling doesn't get me horizontal scrolling.
> 
> Here's what I'd like to be able to do:
> 
> * Any finger drag that starts on the left edge of the touchpad would
>   be vertical scroll (->circular scroll).  This works now.
> 
> * Any finger drag that starts elsewhere on the touchpad (below
>   BottomEdge?  Then I would set BottomEdge=1 (ie. at the top of the
>   pad)) would be a horizontal scroll.
> 
> * No button[1-3] events from the touchpad (I've disabled tapping, but
>   the buttons under the touchpad still send events).
> 
> Thanks for reading!  If you have any ideas I will try stuff and
> summarise to another post (and possibly add a page to ThinkWiki).
> 
> Here's the relevant bit of XF86Config-4:
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	[munch]
> 	Load	"synaptics"	# touchpad driver
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"TouchPad"
> 	Driver		"synaptics"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mouse0"
> 	Option		"SendCoreEvents"        "true"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
> #	Option          "Buttons"               "7"
> #        Option          "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
> #        Option          "XAxisMapping"  "6 7"
> 
> 	Option          "SHMConfig"             "true"
> 
>         Option          "FingerHigh"            "30"
>         Option          "FingerLow"             "25"
> 
>         Option          "TopEdge"               "3000"
>         Option          "BottomEdge"            "3001"
>         Option          "LeftEdge"              "1400"
>         Option          "RightEdge"             "5001"
> 
>         Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "20"
>         Option          "VertScrollDelta"       "20"
>         Option          "CircScrollDelta"       "0.001"
>         Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "3"
>         Option          "CircularScrolling"     "true"
> 
>         Option          "LockedDrags"           "false"
> 
>         Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.001"
>         Option          "MaxSpeed"              "0.12"
>         Option          "MaxTapTime"            "0"
>         Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.06"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Clit"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mouse1"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"false"
> 	Option          "Buttons"               "7"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
> 	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"false"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"default"
> 	Screen		0 "builtin"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	InputDevice	"Clit" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice	"TouchPad" "SendCoreEvents"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
> EndSection
> 
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