[xf86-input-synaptics] set lower fingerLow (10) and fingerHigh (30) default values for Macbook3.1 devices ?

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Sun Feb 2 16:46:09 PST 2014


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:02:37AM +0100, Stéphane Klein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've upgraded my Macbook 3,1 from Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10.
> 
> After this upgrade my touchpad is unusable because fingerLow and fingerHigh have
> too high values.
> 
> If I update with this values :
> 
> * fingerLow 70 => 10
> * fingerHigh 75 => 30
> 
> all work well again like before.
> 
> I think that new Macbook 7, 8… have better touchpad.
> 
> I see this patch
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/commit/src/synaptics.c?id=0e222876d7da7acbaaf955c2e7b7efdf3549bde9
> 
> I think it's this patch which is my worries.
> 
> I can set a custom config in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf but
> how can you fix this issue for all Macbook 3.1 users ?
> 
> Can you set fingerLow = 10 and fingerHigh = 30 by default for Macbook 3.1 ?
> 
> Best regards,
> Stéphane

sorry, just realised that I never replied to that. Currently ETIME for this,
but http://who-t.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/lenovo-t440-touchpad-button.html
describes a workaround for machine-specific configuration. something similar
could be done for this set of devices too

Cheers,
   Peter



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