Synaptics TouchPad driver for X

Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86

This is a driver for all synaptics touchpads for X.Org/Xfree86 4.x. The driver is not written portably; it will not work on operating systems other than Linux and FreeBSD (by ports).

Features

• Movement with adjustable, non-linear acceleration and speed
• Button events through short touching of the touchpad
• Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the touchpad
• Middle and right button events on the upper and lower corner of the touchpad
• Vertical scrolling (button four and five events) through moving the finger on the right side of the touchpad
• Horizontal scrolling (button six and seven events) through moving the finger on the lower side of the touchpad
• Adjustable finger detection

Configuring under X.Org

Some common options under X.Org

...
Section "InputDevice"
       ...
       Driver      "synaptics"
       ...
       Option      "TouchpadOff" "1"   
       Option      "SHMconfig"   "on"
       ...
EndSection
...

TouchpadOff disables the TouchPad but leaves the trackpoint functional

SHMconfig enables on-the-fly changes to the configuration of the driver through external programs

Under KDE control center the comfortable way is ksynaptics.

For Gnome users there is gsynaptics (Homepage).

They provide a GUI way to control driver settings such as circular scrolling and tap to click.

For the console or scripting uses there is synclient.

Project Homepage

Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86