Feedback on Synaptics with ClickPad

[Thierry Moreau]

On 2014-09-09 13:45, Thierry Moreau wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Thanks for this wonderful help.
>
> Quick reply (I am not yet done, but I advanced and so I report the
> blocking configuration item).
>
> What I took seriously was
>
> On 2014-09-09 03:29, Peter Hutterer wrote:
>>
>> not sure where you have your ClickFinger option set, but it's not
>> found by
>> the driver, otherwise it would show up here. I think your
>> configuration is
>> buggy.
>>
>
> In the InputDevice section (in /etc/xorg.conf) for the ClickPad device,
> the line
>      Option    "protocol"    "psm"
> prevented the section to apply. It failed on
> "Synaptics driver unable to detect protocol" which I ignored (... little
> or no excuse ...).
>
> Maybe it has something to do with the different protocol with the Lenovo
> Edge series (I don't know), but the now-seemingly-effective InputDevice
> section has no "protocol" option at all.
>
> For the record, I came to this troubleshooting interim conclusion by
> comparing X log files with and without AutoAddDevices .
>
> More extensive reply to follow.
>

I confirm that removing the option "protocol" allowed the InputDevice 
section to be fully processed by the synaptics driver (for a Lenovo / 
Thinkpad Edge E540).

With this, I will normally handle the other concerns, notably with the 
suggestions from Peter.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

- Thierry