Getting synaptics keypad working in FC2

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Fri Oct 1 16:08:51 UTC 2004


On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:

> Mark Haney wrote:
>
> >Anyone know of a good FAQ/How to on getting a synaptics keypad to do all
> >the cool things in FC2?  Like tap, etc?
> >
> On some systems all that is needed is a kernel option which you can add
> in /boot/grub/grub.conf:
> psmouse.proto=imps
>
> Others report that they have to install a synaptics package.  Search the
> archives for that if the above does not work.

The psmouse restores tapping, but breaks some other things and doesn't
provide all the functionality.  Grab the latest synaptics RPM from the
Fedora development tree.  It does most of the "cool things".

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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