Trying to get tap-to-click to work with my synaptics touchpad <workaround found>

[declan]

I'm trying to get tap-to-click to work with my synaptics touchpad, it's disabled by default.

In my xorg.conf, I have the following:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver   "synaptics"
 Option   "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
 Option   "Device"      "/dev/psaux"
 Option   "Protocol"     "auto-dev"
 Option   "TapButton1"    "1"
 Option   "TapButton2"    "2"
 Option   "TapButton3"    "3"
 Option   "VertEdgeScroll"  "1"
 Option   "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
 Option   "SingleTapTimeout" "120"
 Option   "MaxDoubleTapTime" "60"
 Option   "ClickTime"    "0"
 Option   "FastTaps"     "1"
 Option   "SHMConfig"    "on"
EndSection

However when I boot and have a look at the settings, the options for "TapButtonX" are not set and remain at "0"

~$ synclient -l
Parameter settings:
  LeftEdge       = 1471
  RightEdge      = 5627
  TopEdge       = 1206
  BottomEdge      = 5100
  FingerLow      = 38
  FingerHigh      = 43
  MaxTapTime      = 248
  MaxTapMove      = 220
  MaxDoubleTapTime   = 60
  SingleTapTimeout   = 120
  ClickTime      = 0
  FastTaps       = 1
  EmulateMidButtonTime = 75
  VertScrollDelta   = 100
  HorizScrollDelta   = 100
  VertEdgeScroll    = 1
  HorizEdgeScroll   = 1
  VertTwoFingerScroll = 0
  HorizTwoFingerScroll = 0
  MinSpeed       = 0.0822368
  MaxSpeed       = 0.197368
  AccelFactor     = 0.00164474
  EdgeMotionMinZ    = 30
  EdgeMotionMaxZ    = 160
  EdgeMotionMinSpeed  = 1
  EdgeMotionMaxSpeed  = 304
  EdgeMotionUseAlways = 1
  UpDownScrolling   = 1
  LeftRightScrolling  = 1
  UpDownRepeat     = 1
  LeftRightRepeat   = 1
  ScrollButtonRepeat  = 100
  TouchpadOff     = 2
  GuestMouseOff    = 0
  LockedDrags     = 0
  RTCornerButton    = 2
  RBCornerButton    = 1
  LTCornerButton    = 0
  LBCornerButton    = 0
  TapButton1      = 0
  TapButton2      = 0
  TapButton3      = 0
  CircularScrolling  = 0
  CircScrollDelta   = 0.05
  CircScrollTrigger  = 1
  CircularPad     = 0
  PalmDetect      = 1
  PalmMinWidth     = 10
  PalmMinZ       = 200
  CoastingSpeed    = 0
  PressureMotionMinZ  = 30
  PressureMotionMaxZ  = 160
  PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
  PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1

I can manually set the TapButton settings using

~$ synclient TapButton1=1

and everything works like I want it.

I'm new to Linux so I don't know if I have done something wrong or if this is a Bug?

[a_hippie]

Re: Is this a Bug or am I doing something wrong?

two things:

my touch pad does click when I tap it, this might be a simple KDE feature you might need to look into since I'm still using Dapper here on my laptop.

Second, change the subject line so you can get others to know what you are seeking. Something like:
"trying to get tap-to-click to work with my synaptics touchpad" would be MUCH better to help you get answers faster, plus help others who search for keywords like synaptics touchpad and tap-to-click.

Hope you get it figured out.

wishing you well

[declan]

Re: Is this a Bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks a_hippie, I'll change the title!

I found a workaround to my problem that sorts out the tap-to-click issue. It doesn't directly fix my problem, which I'm guessing is a bug.

I added a script to the $HOME/.kde/Autostart folder and added the following lines to it:

synclient TapButton1=1
synclient TapButton2=2
synclient TapButton3=3

This now enables tap-to-click but doesn't really solve the issue! But at least I can work the way I like