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Old 07-08-2005, 07:39 AM   #1
Pear-i
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xorg.conf - video && touchpad problem * (Dell C640)


Hey there,
Right now i have my Dell C640 computer set up and i have a few problems with the the xorg.conf file... everything runs alright just a few nuisances which i would really like to fix up.

Distr - Ubuntu Warty 5.04

Problem #1
Touchpad -- i have synaptics set up and everything (Ubuntu auto installed that) but i'm having trouble with the double tapping -- when i'm typing which is just purely annoying cause it takes off focus, randomly moves my point of typing back a few lines or overwrites several lines... so far i've added the "MaxTapTime" "0" to the xorg... which supposedly should've fixed it but it doesn't seem to work... i've tried running various synclient things and it usually gives me this error:

Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?

not sure how to 'enable' or allow acces... i've also tried to install qsynaptics tho it seems to only support XFree86... so i'm not too keen on doing that... yet...

Problem #2
Video -- overall my video works alrite... but according to the xorg file.. the auto detect has set my video card driver to "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 (M7 LW)", when in the ubuntu device manager and the bios it clearly says its 9500... not sure if thats a problem.. but occaisionally when shutting down or switching from X to consoles... ubuntu will freeze... and whatever colour i had on my Xwindow will slowly fade out (sorta like when logging out) except it passes grey... and inherently inverts the color... and it does this fadingly... sorta a 'cool' effect... except i gotta hard reset to do anything after that... not sure of thats directly related to my video driver... but i'm pretty sure its NOT suppose to do that...

so yah... my two nuisancish problems i have right now... that i'm dealing with by using more xterms than the consoles (kinda annoying..) and typing with a chequebook over my touch pad.. heh.. so if theres any better way to cope with this... long term (other than ductaping my chequebook to my laptop) i'd glady appreciate it

here's my xorg.conf... hope you can help -- thanks!

Code:
 
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
#   sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"unix/:7100"			# local font server
	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
	Load    "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        Option          "MaxTapTime"            "0"
        Option           "SHMConfig"            "on"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
        Option		"HorizScrollDelta"	"0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 (M7 LW)"
	Driver		"ati"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 (M7 LW)"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Last edited by Pear-i; 07-08-2005 at 07:40 AM.
 
Old 07-26-2005, 09:59 PM   #2
garretjax
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The SHMConfig error i can help you with. -- add Option "SHMConfig" "on" to your XOrg.conf file in the section about your synaptics Input

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Old 07-27-2005, 08:12 AM   #3
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i have that in there already... but nothing yet.
 
  


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