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xf86-input-synaptics

I have installed Opensuse 13.2, I find that my laptop touchpad is very sensitive. Any time I try to point and click on an icon, the pointer jumps slightly, which is very annoying. I tried using the mouse/pointer settings in SETTINGS, to address this issue, but it makes no difference. I have downloaded xf86-input-synaptics which claims to give me more control over the touchpad, but I cannot find any gui to use it from. Does this have to be installed separately, or is it somewhere other than the SETTINGS menu?

Thanks.

Tim

You can configure the synaptics driver using a file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf (this is my preference, any xorg.conf file will have the same effect):

Code:

Section "InputClass"

        Identifier "touchpad catchall"

        Driver "synaptics"

        MatchIsTouchpad "on"

        Option "foo" "bar"

        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"

EndSection

Replace "foo" with the Option you want to change and "bar" with the value you wish to use (keep the quotation marks).

A list of available options and their possible values can be found in man 4 synaptics

You can check the values before you commit them to the file by using:

Code:

synclient foo=bar

However, be aware that these options may not be honoured depending on your desktop environment (GNOME & KDE like to over-ride these settings).