touchpad synclient error?
 

This is what I get when I try to use the synclient program:
Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?

I desperately want to disable features on my touchpad. Anyone have experience with this? PLEASE help!

does nobody have a touchpad????

insert SHMConfig yes in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 

You need to add an options line in xorg.conf and then you can use the synclient application to change features from the command line.

In my xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "SHMConfig" "yes"
EndSection

Then synclient should work.

Ahhhh... Thank you. I didn't make that connection. It all makes sense to me now. :)

small change to xorg.conf
 

You might need to put:

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

instead of

Option "SHMConfig" "yes"

in xorg.conf.