See the Press Release here:

http://www.synaptics.com/press/pr_detail.cfm?id=139

See the Chiral Motion Technology here:

http://www.synaptics.com/technology/chiral.cfm

First install it with
sudo apt-get install gsynaptics

then open /etc/X11/xorg.conf for editing
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and put this line into "Synaptics Touchpad" section you found there
Option "SHMConfig" "true".

The whole section should look like this:


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver          "synaptics"
Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
Option          "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
Option          "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
Option          "HorizEdgeScroll"       "0"
Option          "SHMConfig"      "true"
EndSection


If you have not this section in your xorg.conf (like on Intrepid), just add it using code above.
Then make logout and login back and run gsynaptics from menu System->Preferences->Touchpad.

P.S. Who knows how to make that double-quotes look like original in wordpress?

UPD: Sorry, we have ALPS touchpad in Vaio. But gsynaptics helps anyway. Post fixed.

As I mentioned before, Kubuntu recognized everything on the system - bluetooth, PCMCIA, USB, wireless, ethernet, sound, video - it all worked.

Now after several weeks, how does it stack up?

I still don't like the dpkg way of things: RPM is designed (and properly so, I say) to run unattended. If you use rpm to install, you don't have to respond to any sort of install choices (there is no "partial install" - either it worked or it didn't). APT is wonderful: dpkg is not - but that's just my opinion.

I was surprised to see that, in Kubuntu at least, Synaptic seems to have given way to something called Adept. Not sure which I like better. I do know that I just despise the "dynamic search" that searches while you type. It slows everything down. I also don't like the fact that I can't sort things by groups - for instance, I'm always installing shells and languages of all sorts. Can't I just look at those groups specifically?

I also found that with this hardware, the bluetooth adapter is always disabled (or seems to be) after hibernation. Using the key to re-enable it doesn't help; the key is either intercepted or ignored by Linux. It's not hard to make sure it is active after hibernation. First, make sure that the bluetooth is on at startup; if not, press the bluetooth button at the top. During the initial boot, the BIOS is in charge and it knows how to react to a press of this key - and the bluetooth light (blue) will come on.

If the bluetooth is not active after Kubuntu comes up entirely, it may be necessary to restart the bluetooth services:

/etc/init.d/bluetooth stop
/etc/init.d/bluetooth start

Don't use bluetooth restart; it may be that more time is needed or something else. It may or may not be necessary to restart kbluetooth; if so, stop it from the task bar and run it from the System menu under the K menu.

With kbluetooth, you can tell if bluetooth is active or not: if the entire icon is gray (including the symbol) then there is no bluetooth adapter recognized. If the symbol is white, then there is an adapter present (though it may not be active).

There is also the Synaptics touchpad - but this is good stuff. The touchpad has capabilities that are not well-explained out there:

• Using a two-finger tap or a three-finger tap results in a right-button click and a middle-button click respectively (at least that's what it looks like).
• Dragging your finger from top to bottom (or vice versa) on the extreme right side results in scrolling (similar to a mouse-wheel).
• Dragging your finger from left to right at the top may result in scrolling left-to-right (I couldn't test this out).
• A double-tap and swipe is the equivalent of dragging an object - or at least, it is the equivalent of holding down the mouse button.

I found that both ksynaptics and touchfreeze (for configuring the Synaptics capabilities) are missing from repositories; only gsynaptics is present. There is good documentation from Ubuntu on how to set up a Synaptics driver; I recommend it.

The system as a whole does get hot - and, for whatever silly reason, has exhaust vents on the bottom (a silly idea in my opinion). No wonder people's laps got hot. I have three film canisters that I set in a triangle to support the machine; it works beautifully. I plan to fill them with sand to keep them from moving around.

This combination of software and hardware is wonderful - the machine is nice, and the system is nice. Everything was integrated with a click: DVD playback, MP3 support, Flash support - it all came down with just a click. Everything is supported. I love this machine.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Restart Xserver

Now to turn off execute this command
$ synclient TouchpadOff=1

To turn on
$ synclient TouchpadOff=0

For more information read
$ man synclient
$ man syndaemon

This worked for me in CentOS 5.2
Found this on ubuntu.wordpress.com

This is one of the reasons why I love GNU/Linux!

...girovagando, come al solito, per la rete, si trova quasi subito la soluzione. Beh, a dire il vero ce ne sono diverse. Quella che ho utilizzato io è stata l'installazione di un pacchetto rpm reperibile a questo indirizzo. Ad installazione avvenuta dovrebbe già tornare a funzionare il vostro amato touchpad.

It's no secret that I am on the Concept Prototyping Team (CPT) at Synaptics as a college intern this summer. This Tuesday, I finally got a prototype of a device I've been working on for a few weeks finished and totally working. As soon as I did, my supervisors/mentors informed me that they have been meaning to make one of them for two years now, but never had the time. Now the device could potentially be a give away item that Synaptics hands out to clients or distributes at trade shows. I can't tell you what it is, but it's really useful. In fact, I've been using my prototype to help plan and create the next iterations.

I'm also spearheading a movement to dramatically change the way Synaptics does business. It will be my presentation for Spring Chicken, a competition among interns, who present ideas for new products or business practices. After that, I will have a meeting with some very high level executives and pitch an idea to them. If things go well, I could land myself a part time job at Synaptics during the school year. If all goes well, I will be able to post much more detail on this last development.

Next week, my three supervisors and mentors will be on vacation. While it is somewhat inconvenient to have them gone, us interns have much work to do. I especially have a lot of work to do with two major projects now under my control.

I am also trying to get the American Red Cross (ARC) to do a blood drive at Synaptics. It's a bit of paperwork, and a lot of relaying information back and forth between those who have it and those who need to know it. I'm worried that the drive will happen after I am gone for the school year and that nothing will happen, though I hope to set things up well enough that HR can take over after I leave.

Ma ecco che viene in aiuto il driver Synaptics, che offre la possibilità di impostare uno scrolling circolare, come quello dei vecchi iPod antecedenti l'era delle ditate sullo schermo: si parte da un lato del touchpad e col dito si fa un cerchio, girando in un senso si generano eventi "scroll up" e nell'altro "scroll down".

Per attivare sul proprio laptop questa stupenda caratteristica e poter così sorprendere i windozari di turno, è sufficiente aggiungere due o tre righe dentro il file di configurazione del server X, nella sezione dedicata appunto al touchpad.
Queste le righe:

Option      "CircularScrolling"          "on"
Option      "CircScrollTrigger"          "0"
Option        "CircScrollDelta"        "0.3"

La prima riga abilita la funzione, la seconda imposta il lato da cui partire per attivarla secondo questi valori:

• 0: qualsiasi lato
• 1: lato superiore
• 2: angolo in alto a destra
• 3: lato destro
• 4: angolo in basso a destra
• 5: lato inferiore
• 6: angolo in basso a sinistra
• 7: lato sinistro
• 8: angolo in alto a sinistra

La terza riga, facoltativa, indica di quanti gradi (radianti) dobbiamo "girare" per generare un singolo evento di scroll: più è alto il valore, più piano scorre la pagina ad ogni giro. Io mi trovo bene con valori intorno allo 0.3.

Se si vuole disabilitare l'area di scroll laterale, in teoria dovrebbe bastare aggiungere anche questa riga:

Option "VertEdgeScroll" "0"

ma almeno qui non sembra funzionare. Pazienza, mi tengo anche l'area di scroll, mi può far comodo per scorrere più velocemente quando non ho bisogno di precisione.

Desactivar el touchpad cuando conectas un mouse usb

Es bastante simple; hacemos una regla de udev: Creamos el archivo /etc/udev/rules.d/80-mouse-touchpad.rules, esta es la ruta de ubuntu, uso el número 80 porque segun el readme los 80 son los que ejecutan un programa, y eso es lo que vamos a hacer, puedes poner el nombre que quieras entre el 80 y .rules.
Al interior del archivo ponemos lo siguiente:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ID_CLASS="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient touchpadoff=1"
ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ID_CLASS="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient touchpadoff=0"
y luego guardamos y ¡listo! Básicamente lo que hace es que cada vez que detecta que se conecte un mouse externo se desactive el touchpad y a la inversa cuando se desconecte, usando la utilidad "synclient"

Evitar mover/hacer click/arrastrar mientras escribes

Ok, aún no hemos solucionado el tema de cuando te ves obligado a usar el touchpad.. bueno, hay una pequeña utilidad (un pequeño demonio xD) que nos servirá bastante: syndaemon
Si pones en una consola "syndaemon --help" hay varias opciones con distintos resultados.. pondré solo dos.

syndaemon -i1 -d
Se ignora toda entrada del touchpad hasta que transcurra 1 segundo de presionada una tecla

syndaemon -i1 -t -d
Solo ingora el tapping (el click cuando golpeas suavemente el touchpad) y el scrolling (el de los bordes)

yo uso el primero; la idea es que este comando se ejecute siempre cuando enciendas el laptop; yo lo tengo en la sesion de gnome (Sistema>Preferencias>Sesiones)

Oggi voglio parlarvi di alcuni piccoli accorgimenti per gestire al meglio il touchpad Synaptics, presente in tutti i portatili moderni. Nella fattispecie vedremo come: abilitarlo, disabilitarlo, come configurarlo tramite interfaccia grafica e soprattutto come bloccarlo mentre si scrive.
Prima di cominciare è sempre meglio fare un backup del file xorg.conf, così:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_synbackup

Abilitare e disabilitare Synaptics

Se disponete di un mouse esterno e non usate mai il touchpad Synaptics del portatile, è meglio disabilitarlo completamente. Andate ad editare il file xorg.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

e cercate la sezione relativa a Synaptics. Dovrebbe essere più o meno così:

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Synaptics Touchpad”
Driver “synaptics”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “true”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Protocol” “auto-dev”
Option “HorizEdgeScroll” “0″
EndSection

Quando la trovate, aggiungete, appena prima di  EndSection, questa linea:

Option "SHMConfig" "true"

e riavviate la sessione (Ctrl + Alt + Backspace).

Una volta che vi sarete loggati nuovamente, potrete disabilitare Synaptics, aprendo il terminale e dando:

synclient TouchpadOff=1

Per abilitarlo dovete invece dare:

synclient TouchpadOff=0

Gestire Synaptics da interfaccia grafica

Esistono anche alcune applicazioni che permettono di configurare Synaptics da interfaccia grafica. Gli utenti GNOME possono ad esempio utilizzare Gsynaptics, che permette di configurare nel dettaglio alcuni parametri come. la sensibilità del touchpad, la velocità si scorrimento e il tapping. In Ubuntu lo si può installare con un semplice:

sudo apt-get install gsynaptics

Gli altri possono scaricare da qui i sorgenti. Esiste anche ksynaptics (che prima si chiamava Qsynaptics), un'alternativa per KDE. Il progetto è però stato abbandonato. Se volete, potete comunque scaricare da qui l'ultima versione del software.

Disabilitare Synaptics durante la digitazione

Spesso mentre si scrive, capita che toccando per sbaglio il touchpad, si continui ad inserire il testo in una riga sbagliata. Per ovviare a questo fastidioso problema è possibile bloccare Synaptics quando si digita sulla tastiera. Bisogna editare il file xorg.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Andando ad aggiungere questa riga:

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

nella sezione Synaptics touchpad, appena prima di EndSection. Naturalmente chi aveva già inserito la riga per disabilitare Synaptics, dovrà semplicemente inserire il valore "on" al posto di "true". Poi riavviate la sessione, e, quando vi sarete loggati nuovamente, potrete disabilitare Synaptics durante la digitazione, aprendo un terminale e dando:

syndaemon -i 1 -d

L'opzione -d dice a sysdaemon di monitorare sempre la digitazione della tastiera.

L'opzione -i dice invece quanti secondi disabilitare il touchpad dopo che l'ultimo tasto è stato premuto.

Potrebbe essere una buona idea aggiungere il comando ai programmi all'avvio. Gli utenti Ubuntu possono farlo, andando in Sistema --> Preferenze --> Sessioni, ed aggiungendo un nuovo "Programma d'avvio" con:

Nome: Synaptics Touchpad Syndaemon
Comando: syndaemon -i 1 -d
Comment: Disbilita il touchpad durante la digitazione

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$ gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Locate the following section:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver        "synaptics"
Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
Option        "HorizEdgeScroll"    "0"
EndSection

Add the lines with RTCornerButton and LBCornerButton to the section so you'll get something like this:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver        "synaptics"
Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
Option        "HorizEdgeScroll"    "0"
Option        "RTCornerButton" "6"    # right top corner
Option        "LBCornerButton" "7"    # left bottom corner
EndSection

Watch out with copy/pasting this from this blog as it might change the quotes (") to something that's not going to work, so retype the quotes if you notice that the quotes looks different from the other sections!

Logout and login again and change the Compiz settings using gconf-editor. Type, again in a terminal:

$ gconf-editor

Walk to /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options. Look for minimize_window_button and set it to Button7. Also look for toggle_window_maximized_button and set it to Button6.

That's all :)

The basic idea is to make these corners emulate mouse buttons after which you can use the Compiz configuration (or any other window manager I assume) to link them to certain events. What I'll be doing here is link the right top area to a toggling maximize/unmaximize of the window under the pointer and the lower bottom area for minimizing the window under the pointer.

I'm using Fedora 9, but it should also work in other distributions.

We'll start with the dreadful /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration changes:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver      "synaptics"
Option      "TapButton1" "1"    # one finger equals left click
Option      "TapButton2" "2"    # two fingers equals middle click
Option      "TapButton3" "3"    # three fingers equals right click
Option      "RTCornerButton" "6"    # right top corner
Option      "LBCornerButton" "7"    # left bottom corner
EndSection

We enable tapping, and link the RightTop area to button 6 and the LeftBottom area to button 7. We use these high numbers here as button 4 and 5 are associated with scrolling in case you have an external mouse.

InputDevice    "Synaptics TouchPad" "CorePointer"

to the "ServerLayout" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. So far so good, now we start with modifying the Compiz configuration. For this we need gconf-editor which unfortunately is not installed by default in Fedora.

yum install gconf-editor   # (as root)

You can run this tool from a terminal and walk to /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options. Look for minimize_window_button and set it to Button7. Also look for toggle_window_maximized_button and set it to Button6.

Update: while you're at it. Using a touch pad in combination with the "scale" Compiz plugin that shows all the running applications next to each other is very annoying. By moving to the top right corner it is very easy to trigger this "scale" plugin. This can be disabled in gconf-editor as well. Go to /apps/compiz/plugins/scale/allscreens/options and set initiate_edge to Disabled. In case you want to for example use the LeftTop zone of the touch pad for this you can set initiate_button to Button8 and configure LTCornerButton in /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the same way as LB and RT before.

Make sure Compiz is enabled or it might not work. In case you don't or can't use Compiz you might want to look into mouse button binding for Metacity or whatever other window manager you are running.

As you can all see, Linux *is* user friendly, it's just selective about who it's friends are. For some more great stories see the Linux Hater's Blog.

Wie man sehen kann kommt es zu einer endlichen Kette von Wiederholungen. Dies kann bei längeren Arbeiten am Notebook ziemlich nervig sein. Die einfachste Lösung hierbei wäre es eine externe Maus anzuschließen und dann das Touchpad einfach abzuschalten. Die Voraussetzung für die folgenden Erklärungen ist, dass psmouse nicht fest in den Kernel integriert wurde.

rmmod:

Wenn dies über die GUI-Konfiguration eurer Linux Distribution nicht möglich ist, dann könnt ihr einfach in eurer Shell mit einem einfachen rmmod das Modul psmouse entladen. (Benötigt natürlich root-Rechte)

>sudo rmmod psmouse

Dies wäre eine einfache aber keine dauerhafte Lösung. Man will sicherlich irgendwann mal auf die externe Maus verzichten und doch lieber das Touchpad benutzen.

psmouse rate:

Set desired mouse report rate, in reports per second.

So kommen wir nun zur zweiten Möglichkeit. Anstatt das Modul dauerhaft zu entladen kann man es einfach nach dem Entladen wieder mit einer neuen Report-Rate erneut laden.

>sudo rmmod psmouse
>sudo modprobe psmouse rate=40

Natürlich könnt ihr diese Rate variieren und es bei euch anpassen. Im Normalfall sollte die 40 ausreichend sein.

Diese Methode ist zwar eine bessere Lösung als die erste, jedoch wäre es auf Dauer nervig diese Sachen immer wieder einzugeben. Statt die Rate im Nachhinein zu verändern können wir psmouse, beim Laden, Parameter übergeben. Dies geschieht bei Ubuntu folgendermaßen:

>sudo su
>echo "options psmouse rate=40" > /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse

Bei anderen Distributionen kann dies etwas variieren. Es lohnt sich deshalb, dies vorher zu überprüfen.

psmouse-base.c:

Die letzte Methode ist für manche die schwierigste. Hierfür müssen wir zuerst die Source-Pakete für unseren Kernel runterladen. Unter Ubuntu wäre das linux-source. Nachdem ihr nun die Quelldateien runtergeladen habt editieren wir nun die Datei psmouse-base.c.

Diese befindet sich im Unterordner drivers/input/mouse/. In der Datei sucht ihr am einfachsten folgenden String "Try Synaptics TouchPad". Den gesamten If-Block unter diesem Text kommentieren wir aus. Achtet darauf, dass alle notwendigen Klammern mit ausgeklammert werden. Hiernach wie gewohnt das modifizierte Modul kompilieren und an die richtige Stelle kopieren. Die neu erzeugte ko-Datei kann ruhig etwas größer sein als die schon vorhandene.

/lib/modules/"kernel-version"/kernel/drivers/input/mouse/

Ich hoffe euch hat es wiedermal gefallen. Viel Spaß beim Lesen und Umsetzen.

If you're interested, the set-up is thus: top-left corner for maximise, bottom-left corner for minimise, top-right corner for middle-click (Godsend in tabbed apps) and bottom-right corner for right-click. Then right edge for vert-scrolling and bottom edge for hoz-scrolling. Without these basic things, I'm pretty much screwed.

Prior generations of touch screens have used resistive sensors, which rather than relying on the human body to affect a charge to make them work, rely on pressure. One big drawback of such a system is poor screen clarity, but they can be used with a finger or a stylus and traditionally they were cheaper than other sensors. The price advantage of resistive sensors, however, is dwindling, and companies such as Synaptics and Cypress Semiconductor are now poised to grow along with the market for capacitive sensing technologies. According to Synaptics, which reported earnings last week, touch phones grew to comprise 10 percent of its $79 million in sales in its most recent quarter.

Other chip firms are taking note. In February, Atmel Corp. agreed to acquire Quantum Research Group, a developer of capacitive sensing intellectual property, for $88 million in cash and up to an additional $42 million if certain contingencies are met. Chip research firm iSuppli predicts that global shipment revenue for leading touch-screen technologies will increase to $4.4 billion by 2012, up from $2.4 billion in 2006, but that includes resistive infrared and other touch technologies as well.

Vous savez sûrement comment effectuer un clic gauche de souris à partir du touchpad sans devoir cliquer sur un autre bouton qui est destiné à cet effet, il suffit de taper rapidement sur le touchpad. Mais comment fait-on pour effectuer un clic droit, voire un clic du milieu? Et bien il suffit de taper avec 2 ou 3 doigts !! Essayez!

clic gauche: taper avec un doigt
clic milieu: taper avec deux doigts
clic droit: taper avec trois doigts

Pour profiter de ces petits raccourcis, il faut avoir installer le driver de synaptics.

Sous Ubuntu, il l'est par défaut et vous pouvez donc faire ces manipulations directement. Je ne sais pas du tout si c'est le cas pour d'autres distributions, vous pouvez voir sur cette page pour télécharger ces drivers.

Installing Gsynaptics

Open System / Administration / Synaptic Package Manager

Right Click on Gsynaptics and select "Mark for installation"

Click the apply button

Once the installer has finished it's job close out of the package manager

Backup your xorg.conf file (not necessary but strongly recommended)

Open Applications / Accessories / Terminal

once the terminal screen opens type in:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

Editing Xorg.Conf

with the terminal screen still open type in the following:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Type in your password when prompted and hit enter

A text editor screen will appear Enter the following information

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection

Typically this can go anywhere in the xorg.conf file so long as it is not nested into another Section.....EndSection statement, but I scrolled down until I found the other input devices and plugged it in there for ease in readability.

Once that section is posted scroll down to the end of the file and locate following entry:

Section "ServerLayout"

Insert the following in the ServerLayout Section

InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"

Save and Close

***Edit***:  Apparently Copying and pasting the section directly from this website and into the text editor may cause the following message to appear after you restart X:

Failed to Start X server (your graphical interface) it is likely that it is not set up correctly.  Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?

If you get that Message select No.  You will be taken to a command line interface screen asking for your login.  Login to your system and then type in:

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Once the file loads scroll down the fields added above.  You will notice that instead of the quotation marks there are gibberish characters.  Replace those with quotation marks then hit Ctrl +O to save and then Ctrl+x to exit and reboot your system. 

Gsynaptics

Press Control + Alt + Backspace this will restart X.

Log Back into Ubuntu

Open System / Preferences / Touchpad and you will be able to configure your Touchpad settings

Technorati Tags: Synaptics,Touchpad,Ubuntu

1) Install libxine1-ffmpeg package through apt. You can install it through terminal or Synaptics Package Manager. Type in terminal:

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

2) Now install Amarok through Synaptic Package Manager. You can install through Terminal (apt-get) also, but the former is better suited as there are probably many dependencies.

Still if you are unable to play MP3’s in Amarok try installing libxine-extracodec instead of libxine1-ffmpeg, but the former should surely work. No guarantee with the extracodec package.

Кратко:
#pacman -S synaptics
Изменения в xorg.conf:
1. в секцию "Modules" добавить строку:
Load "synaptics"

2. добавить:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice”
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "MinX" "1412"
Option "MaxX" "15184"
Option "MinY" "15372"
Option "MaxY" "1230"
Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
EndSection

3. В секцию ServerLayout добавить:
Section "ServerLayout"
...
InputDevice "Touchpad" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Обратите внимание, для правильной работы тачпада необходимы загруженные модули evdev и psmouse. Более подробно про настройку тачпада можно, как обычно, прочитать в ArchWiki.

С кнопками, находящимися на лицевой панели (управление звуком), разобраться легко. В файл .Xmodmap можно записать:

keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume
keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay
keycode 164 = XF86AudioStop
keycode 153 = XF86AudioNext
keycode 144 = XF86AudioPrev

И теперь настроить, например, xbindkeys, про который я уже писал. Выложу часть своего .xbindkeys, которая отвечает за кнопки лицевой панели (для amarok):

"amixer sset Master 1+"
XF86AudioRaiseVolume

"amixer sset Master 1-"
XF86AudioLowerVolume

"amixer sset Master toggle"
XF86AudioMute

"amarok -s"
XF86AudioStop

"amarok -f"
XF86AudioNext

"amarok -r"
XF86AudioPrev

"amarok -t"
XF86AudioPlay


С остальными кнопками разобраться несколько сложнее, но ненамного. Есть 5 кнопок, на которые ни xev, ни xbindkeys не реагируют. Это:
1. Hibernate (Fn + F1)
2. Значок батарейки (Fn + F3)
3. CRT/LCD (Fn + F8)
4. Eject (Fn + F10)
5. Media Direct Button

Завести мне удалось только три из пяти, зато любые, на выбор =). При нажатии на неопознанную кнопку и последующем выводе dmesg можно увидеть:
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x89 on isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e009 [keycode]' to make it known.

Делов-то. Теперь к вопросу, почему только три. Я нашёл только три значение keycode, позволяющие увидеть эту кнопку: 122, 123 и 124. Для выбранных кнопок заносим в /etc/rc.local:

setkeycodes e00a 122
setkeycodes e007 123
setkeycodes e012 124


Теперь после выполнения скрипта rc.local эти кнопки будут доступны для xev, xbindkeys и иже с ними.
Многие спрашивают, как заставить Media Direct Button работать так же, как и в Windows (с её помощью можно было загрузить что-то для просмотра видео, кажется). Я не знаю. Раздела с Windows у меня уже давно нет.

Про шрифты разговор отдельный и довольно общий.

В заключение приведу несколько своих конфигурационных файлов:
xorg.conf
.xbindkeysrc

Taken from Pavilion Ownage, 29th Mar, 2007.

This summary thingy brings back very good memories, but it just sounds so wrong nowadays. If I would to give my lappy a summary now, it'd be:

Even before I took out the DV9202tx from my bag, I can feel its burden already. The instant I took it out, the first sight of it made me realize how many scratches it has, times more ugly than the ones I saw in shops. The dim surface absorbs even the tiniest details, the HP logo depicts the dominance Hp has in the entertainment laptop market. I lifted the lit, and felt the surface, it's even rougher than anything I've ever felt. Unable to resist my temptation, I slammed on the power button. Icons on the QuickPlay™ bar glowed with blue dim light, with some of the parts unable to light up, just like the Malaysia's Proton Waga trying to on the headlights about to unleash it's ugly light. The uber clear 17' WXGA+ screen with tons of stain on it displays the HP logo, and knowingly, it was on Windows XP the next 10 minutes. Surpassed speed indeed. The moment I finished configuring the settings using the Synaptics Pointing Device, I knew buying this laptop was the wrongest thing I did. It was one of the most boring moment I ever had in my life.

A little exaggerating, but indeed, my laptop is in a very bad shape now. It's running quite slowly after 30mins of usage, takes 5 secs to open a folder and 1 min to right click on a file. Some videos stutters very badly, with corrupted sounds. The screen won't off when I close the lid, but sparkles like the stars. My mouse cursor disappears at times when surfing the web. Everything is going very wrong, I have yet to contact HP for support and visit the school to reinstall Windows Xp. Quite disappointing indeed.

Anyway, might be creating another blog dedicated to Singapore News, Information and stuff to utilize the domain I bought a few months ago.

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via FoxyTunes

Con Feisty Fawn hemos tenido un buen avance, pero aún necesita algún retoque.

Si ya habíais probado Ubuntu antes de la 7.04 y habéis mirado en el xorg.conf, habréis comprobado que no existía el touchpad synaptics como tal, lo reconocía como una tableta digitalizadora (o algún periferico parecido) wacom.

Con la llegada de Feisty ahora sí que lo reconoce:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Funciona perfectamente incluso el scroll (antes éste no solía funcionar). El touchpad es realmente muy práctico para apañarte si no tienes ratón o no estás en las circunstancias adecuadas para ponerlo. Sin embargo es algo realmente muy molesto cuando sí tenemos ratón pues con pasar el dedo cerca de la superficie moveremos el ratón y si estamos escribiendo nos puede desplazar el puntero y liárnosla.

Por este motivo en los portátiles suele venir una tecla o un botón para desactivar el touchpad. Aquí es donde está el pequeño fallo que aún conservamos: no funciona.

Lo que vamos a hacer en este pequeño manual es hacer que funcione.

Abrid el fichero de configuración de las X, pero antes ya sabéis, copia de seguridad de dicho fichero por si la liamos:

$ sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Buscad la sección del Synaptics Touchpad que os pegué antes y al final de la misma, aunque dentro de la sección pegad la siguiente opción:

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

Os tiene que quedar algo parecido a esto:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Ahora buscad la sección "ServerLayout", suele estar al final. Aseguraros de que tengáis la siguiente línea, y si no la tenéis añadidla vosotros mismos dentro de dicha sección:

InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"

Bien, pues eso es todo xD. Ahora resta probarlo, para ello reiniciad el entorno gráfico con "Ctr+Alt+Backspace".

Si no os ha arrancado bien el escritorio y os ha salido la pantalla azul en modo texto, restaurad el xorg.conf y reiniciad el servidor gráfico por consola:

$ sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart


Ya en el escritorio repetidlo pues si ha crujido el xorg es porque lo habéis escrito o copiado mal, o bien no lo habéis hecho en el lugar adecuado.

Los que lo haya hecho bien ya podéis comprobar que la tecla/botón ya funciona y habilita/deshabilita el a veces tan molesto touchpad. Un pequeño detalle que le vendrán bien a muchos ;)

SHMConfig "On"

this made my X not restart. a nice blue screen of almost death with debug info. didn't bother reading it, restored my backed up xorg.conf and tried again, this time paying attention to the spelling:

SHMConfig "on"

this made all the difference in the world. qsynaptics launched a nice gui, and i was able to disable the tapping. yay!