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Old 05-29-2008, 12:37 AM   #1
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SHMconfig in debian ?


I'm trying to disable my Synaptic touchpad
by install gsynaptic
still, its cannot startup due to "SHMconfig disable"

after adding Synaptic section(my xorg.conf has no synaptic section) & SHMconfig Enable in xorg
(from the guide in Google)
*with NO EFFECT*

somes said that SHMonfig has to disable in debian due to security reason

well the problem is

How can i disable this clumsy touchpad ?

thx in advance.
 
Old 01-24-2010, 11:01 AM   #2
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shmconfig not enabled

I don't know if you are still looking for an answer, but this has been a real pain.
1. This is still an issue with Deb Lenny
2. HAL fdi/policy settings have been useless
3. The only solution I have found is using /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "AlpsPS/2"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "CorePointer" "true"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Key issue: place this section as the 1st mouse entry ahead of any other mouse sections in your xorg.conf file

Key issue: having the correct identifier, Synaptics Touchpad or as in my case AlpsPS/2

Key issue: the CorePointer option is necessary

With this in place and X11 restarted by rebooting or CTRL-ALT-BKSP, you should now find SHMConfig is recognized as enabled and shared memory is enabled for whatever touchpad utility you wish to use.

In my case I use a simple shell script I got somewhere (thanks!) to turn off my pad when I have my USB mouse attached...

#!/bin/bash
# script to turn off touchpad if mouse present at login
# synclient is the synaptic utility to manage the touchpad
# grep the "lsusb" output and do a wordcount on number of lines with "Logitech" which should = 1 if a Logitech mouse is present
#
# Obviously the "Logitech" should be replaced with your brand of mouse, and perhaps be more exact in case you have other USB devices that have similar names
/usr/bin/synclient touchpadoff=`lsusb | grep Logitech | wc -l`

This works very nicely for me running from my bashrc or just manually.
 
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Old 02-17-2010, 06:43 PM   #3
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3. The only solution I have found is using /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "AlpsPS/2"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "CorePointer" "true"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Key issue: place this section as the 1st mouse entry ahead of any other mouse sections in your xorg.conf file

Key issue: having the correct identifier, Synaptics Touchpad or as in my case AlpsPS/2

Key issue: the CorePointer option is necessary
Just had the same problem after installing Lenny on an Acer Extensa 5510, and this (with the "Synaptics Touchpad" identifier) has fixed it. In my case I still had the default mouse section in xorg.conf - commenting it out did the trick.

Thanks!

Last edited by fenwar; 02-17-2010 at 06:45 PM. Reason: added more detail
 
Old 02-17-2010, 09:37 PM   #4
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Since you are running Sid, you should probably do this configuration with hal, not xorg.conf.
For example I have /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-synaptics.fdi

You could put the following in there to disable it.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
      <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
      <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>
Then you probably need to restart hal.

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