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touchpad too sensitive
> I'm running Woody 2.6.12.2 on an HP Pavilion notebook (dv4040us). One
> problem I'm trying to fix is the touchpad's sensitivity. This
> touchpad is crazy sensitive -- just breathe on it and the pointer
> moves! In some contexts, this doesn't bother me that much. But, when
> I'm using apps or tools that require a lot of typing (emacs, gmail in
> a browser window,...), it's really a problem. While I am typing, if
> any portion of the base of my hand/palm comes in to contact with the
> touchpad, no matter how lightly, the pointer puts the cursor in a new
> location, and one of two things happens: 1) a new window is selected
> and made active (mildly annoying), or 2) whatever letters I was in the
> process of typing are inserted in an incorrect location (extremely
> annoying!).
Check your Xorg config. You should make you're using the synaptics driver
which will give you many configuration parameters, including sensitivity,
two-finger-scolling, tapping, ...
In my case tpconfig doesn't seem to have any impact (although it does give
the impression of working correctly), whereas things like synclient or
[gq]synaptics definitely do work.
I haven't yet found a good way to completely disable the touchpad (not just
the tapping) while typing. If someone knows of such a thing, I'd love to
hear about it.
Stefan
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touchpad too sensitive
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> In my case tpconfig doesn't seem to have any impact (although it does give
> the impression of working correctly), whereas things like synclient or
> [gq]synaptics definitely do work.
>
> I haven't yet found a good way to completely disable the touchpad (not just
> the tapping) while typing. If someone knows of such a thing, I'd love to
> hear about it.
Haven't tried it myself (my touchpad is centered below my keyboard, so
no danger of accidentally touching it), but try 'man syndaemon'. If you
run it without the -t option it should disable the touchpad completely.
HTH,
Johannes
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touchpad too sensitive
> I haven't yet found a good way to completely disable the touchpad (not just
> the tapping) while typing. If someone knows of such a thing, I'd love to
> hear about it.
My laptop (an old Dell latitude) has a setting in the BIOS to disable
the touchpad when an external mouse is connected. It is a real
lifesaver :D
Alex.
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touchpad too sensitive
Have looked at the Xorg config. It shows that it's using synaptics.
How do I find the synaptics driver to alter the configuration
parameters. What's synclient and [gq]synaptics and where do I find them?
Next question. Once I get to them are they gui interfaces or do they
have to be altered from the root terminal?
Jim
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touchpad too sensitive
Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
> Have looked at the Xorg config. It shows that it's using synaptics.
> How do I find the synaptics driver to alter the configuration
> parameters. What's synclient and [gq]synaptics and where do I find them?
> Next question. Once I get to them are they gui interfaces or do they
> have to be altered from the root terminal?
>
apt-cache search synaptics
should answer that for you
which synclient
/usr/bin/synclient
dpkg -S /usr/bin/synclient
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: /usr/bin/synclient
Use the tools Luke!
Wayne
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touchpad too sensitive
Wayne Topa wrote:
>Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
>
>
>>Have looked at the Xorg config. It shows that it's using synaptics.
>>How do I find the synaptics driver to alter the configuration
>>parameters. What's synclient and [gq]synaptics and where do I find them?
>>Next question. Once I get to them are they gui interfaces or do they
>>have to be altered from the root terminal?
>>
>>
>>
>
>apt-cache search synaptics
>should answer that for you
>
>which synclient
>/usr/bin/synclient
>dpkg -S /usr/bin/synclient
>xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: /usr/bin/synclient
>
>Use the tools Luke!
>
>Wayne
>
>
>
O.K. Got that. Had to get tpconfig, it wasn't on the machine.
Am trying to lower the z threshold, it's currently reported at 6 of 7 by
tpconfig -i.
Have tried "tpconfig -Z 4" but that doesn't do anything. Then tried
"tpconfig -Z4", again nothing. Then "tpcofig --threshold 4". After
each attempt tpconfig -i reports
that threshold is still at 6
Suggestions
Jim
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touchpad too sensitive
Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> >Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
> >
> >
> >>Have looked at the Xorg config. It shows that it's using synaptics.
> >>How do I find the synaptics driver to alter the configuration
> >>parameters. What's synclient and [gq]synaptics and where do I find them?
> >>Next question. Once I get to them are they gui interfaces or do they
> >>have to be altered from the root terminal?
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> O.K. Got that. Had to get tpconfig, it wasn't on the machine.
> Am trying to lower the z threshold, it's currently reported at 6 of 7 by
> tpconfig -i.
> Have tried "tpconfig -Z 4" but that doesn't do anything. Then tried
> "tpconfig -Z4", again nothing. Then "tpcofig --threshold 4". After
> each attempt tpconfig -i reports
> that threshold is still at 6
> Suggestions
No. I does the same thing here.
Wayne
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touchpad too sensitive
Stefan Monnier writes:
> I haven't yet found a good way to completely disable the touchpad (not just
> the tapping) while typing. If someone knows of such a thing, I'd love to
> hear about it.
Hi Stefan,
I fire up "syndaemon -d -k" out of .gnomerc which disables the
touchpad while typing. By default, it is enabled after 2 seconds of
idle time, but this can be changed via the -i flag.
Priceless.
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