Edit Trackpad

[saladfork]

I'm running Fedora Core on my laptop and am beginning to get frustrated with the trackpad. The furthest side to the right is used in the same fashion as the scrolley ball, and the bottom acts as a horozontal version.

What file do I edit to turn those settings off?

[peterhuang913]

in the mouse settings or the program that controls the pad?

[saladfork]

heh... problem is I dont know what that file is called or where it is?

[peterhuang913]

look under the programs list

[saladfork]

The mouse preferences in the system menu just gives me options such as speed and left handedness..

Im trying to find the actual config file that would have all the settings.

[peterhuang913]

its not a file, its a program
edit:nvm

[peterhuang913]

"The problem that really drove me crazy though was the default touchpad functionality. Firefox would move pages Back and Forward in History just by touching the lower bottom of the touchpad. This was extremely annoying. And so I disabled it by replacing the Synaptics section on /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "10000"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
# set MaxTapTime to "0" to disable tap-to-click
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

(Warning: if you are going to use the above snippet make sure you change some of the "Left/Right/Top/Bottom Edge" numbers because each touchpad model is different). "
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[saladfork]

Originally Posted by peterhuang913

"The problem that really drove me crazy though was the default touchpad functionality. Firefox would move pages Back and Forward in History just by touching the lower bottom of the touchpad. This was extremely annoying. And so I disabled it by replacing the Synaptics section on /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "10000"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
# set MaxTapTime to "0" to disable tap-to-click
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

(Warning: if you are going to use the above snippet make sure you change some of the "Left/Right/Top/Bottom Edge" numbers because each touchpad model is different). "
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Oh.. ok.. so it was firefox, not the overall setting.. aight, thanks, ill get on it :]