Comments on: Synaptics touchpad, SHMConfig, xorg.conf and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Photo Trope http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Photo Trope Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:23:33 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-43 Very helpful and fantastic write up. Exactly what I needed! Thank you. Very helpful and fantastic write up. Exactly what I needed! Thank you.

]]> By: mcmlxxii http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-41 mcmlxxii Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:40:29 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-41 Hi Andre, I've changed the article. In Jaunty things are changing yet again, so it's quite possible your problems will be fixed by release in April if you upgrade. Hi Andre, I’ve changed the article. In Jaunty things are changing yet again, so it’s quite possible your problems will be fixed by release in April if you upgrade.

]]> By: Andre http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Andre Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:55:58 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-40 Please modify article entry to indicate it refers to 64-bit AMD only. At least judging by the .deb package that is made available for download. I have similar problem with Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit on a Dell XPS M1530. Cannot for the love of XYZ disable the friggen touchpad. I have tried each and every article's method; no dice. It seems to be one of the causes of spurious '~'s appearing when I type. Very irritating. Please modify article entry to indicate it refers to 64-bit AMD only.
At least judging by the .deb package that is made available for download. I have similar problem with Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit on a Dell XPS M1530. Cannot for the love of XYZ disable the friggen touchpad. I have tried each and every article’s method; no dice. It seems to be one of the causes of spurious ‘~’s appearing when I type. Very irritating.

]]> By: mcmlxxii http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-35 mcmlxxii Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:38:04 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-35 Hi Andrew, do you mean that there's an option to disable the touchpad while typing in the Mouse properties dialogue? There isn't one on AMD64 certainly... Hi Andrew, do you mean that there’s an option to disable the touchpad while typing in the Mouse properties dialogue? There isn’t one on AMD64 certainly…

]]> By: Andrew Howlett http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Andrew Howlett Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:29:55 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-34 It's built into intrepid: System->Preferences->Mouse->Touchpad Maybe your post just applies to the amd64 version. later, andrew. It’s built into intrepid: System->Preferences->Mouse->Touchpad

Maybe your post just applies to the amd64 version.

later,
andrew.

]]> By: mcmlxxii http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-26 mcmlxxii Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:47:08 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-26 Thanks Stephen, Abhishek, I'm really glad the config helped. Abishek, from posts from William Grant on the Ubuntu forums, I think the idea is to have a UI developed by 9.04 (<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5968851&postcount=17" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5968851&postcount=17</a>) which will give more configuration options for the touchpad, obviating the need to edit xorg.conf at all. We'll see! Thanks Stephen, Abhishek, I’m really glad the config helped.
Abishek, from posts from William Grant on the Ubuntu forums, I think the idea is to have a UI developed by 9.04 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5968851&postcount=17) which will give more configuration options for the touchpad, obviating the need to edit xorg.conf at all. We’ll see!

]]> By: Abhishek http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Abhishek Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:30:02 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-24 Thanks for the info and for the link to the forum thread. I was wondering how to enable SHMConfig in xorg.conf as there was no section for Synaptic. So, I actually added a section copied from the internet just to enable SHMConfig and without even trying whether syndaemon was working without having to do that. Thanks for the info and for the link to the forum thread.
I was wondering how to enable SHMConfig in xorg.conf as there was no section for Synaptic. So, I actually added a section copied from the internet just to enable SHMConfig and without even trying whether syndaemon was working without having to do that.

]]> By: Stephen Chisholm http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/2008/11/07/synaptics-touchpad-shmconfig-xorgconf-and-ubuntu-intrepid-810/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Stephen Chisholm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:21:49 +0000 http://mcmlxxii.co.uk/?p=67#comment-23 I found the default setting with the synaptics driver rather unacceptable under gentoo, but your config suggestion works great. Thanks! I found the default setting with the synaptics driver rather unacceptable under gentoo, but your config suggestion works great. Thanks!

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