Linux - HardwareThis forum is for Hardware issues.
Having trouble installing a piece of hardware? Want to know if that peripheral is compatible with Linux?
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
I have a Synaptics touchpad on a Compay laptop. I am using Fecdora Core 4. Like man others I wish to turn off the tapping feature. I've altered the setting on /etc/X11/xorg.conf to maxtaptime = 0, maxtapmove =0.
However, there is one feature I haven't managed to remove: On Mozilla Firefox - by dragging left and right on the bottom part of the pad - the "Back" and "Next" commands are activated. Is there any way of either:
1. Turning off these features on the mouse.
2. Adjusting Firefox so as not to accept these commands?
Yes, start-up Firefox, and in the location bar enter "about:config" (without the quotes). You'll be presented with a screen of configuration options. Scroll down to:
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action
Double-click the entry and set the value to "0" (zero, again without the quotes). Down a few entries, double-click the entry:
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines
to set its value to "true".
That should do it. Horozontal scrolling, if enabled in your Synaptics configuration, will now horizontally scroll pages in Firefox (as you would expect).
The option changes I had listed will give you true horizontal scrolling, instead of the back and forward functions that Firefox has as a default. Horizontal scrolling is useful (as is vertical scrolling). To each his own.
I have a Synaptics touchpad on a Compay laptop. I am using Fecdora Core 4. Like man others I wish to turn off the tapping feature. I've altered the setting on /etc/X11/xorg.conf to maxtaptime = 0, maxtapmove =0.
Hi,
I've just done this on my laptop bu it has made no difference, the mousepad tap still works, is there anything else I can do?
Thanks
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.