hello again, sorry for the slow response....
I forgot to mention that I am using both gnome and lxde, I have started using lxde by default, and I can't find anywhere how to get to the mouse/touchpad settings??
However, here are the details as suggested by pi/roman....
Code:
:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man 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 command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
# Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
#EndSection
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Configured Mouse"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "CorePointer"
#EndSection
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
# Driver "synaptics"
# Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
#EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2720 932
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
davem@Dartagnon:~$
The bit that I have highlighed would seem to suggest that I'm not using any setting for my input device? is this as it should be? I will try 'uncommenting' the lines to see what happens later on.....
so next up....
Code:
~$ sudo find /usr/share/hal /etc/hal -name *synaptics.fdi -print0 | xargs -0 -t cat
[sudo] password for davem:
cat /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
<?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>
<!-- Arbitrary options can be passed to the driver using
the input.x11_options property since xorg-server-1.5. -->
<!-- EXAMPLE:
<merge key="input.x11_options.LeftEdge" type="string">120</merge>
-->
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
what exactly does all that mean?? 
and now for the synclient....
Code:
~$ synclient -l
Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?
so the error message would seem to be indicative? I tried it with sudo also, and same message was returned.
so in case anyone else is having this problem I did a quick search for SHMConfig, and I found this page on the web, which on a first read may have the solution to my problems... but I need to check that later....
for now though here is the final output...
Code:
~$ xinput list --short | grep -i 'touchpad' | grep -o '"[^"]*"' | xargs xinput list-props
Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':
Device Enabled (129): 1
Synaptics Edges (275): 1632, 5312, 1575, 4281
Synaptics Finger (276): 24, 29, 255
Synaptics Tap Time (277): 180
Synaptics Tap Move (278): 221
Synaptics Tap Durations (279): 180, 180, 100
Synaptics Tap FastTap (280): 0
Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (281): 75
Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (282): 280
Synaptics Scrolling Distance (283): 100, 100
Synaptics Edge Scrolling (284): 1, 0, 0
Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (285): 1, 0
Synaptics Edge Motion Pressure (286): 29, 159
Synaptics Edge Motion Speed (287): 1, 401
Synaptics Edge Motion Always (288): 0
Synaptics Button Scrolling (289): 1, 1
Synaptics Button Scrolling Repeat (290): 1, 1
Synaptics Button Scrolling Time (291): 100
Synaptics Off (292): 0
Synaptics Guestmouse Off (293): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags (294): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (295): 5000
Synaptics Tap Action (296): 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3
Synaptics Click Action (297): 1, 1, 1
Synaptics Circular Scrolling (298): 0
Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (299): 0
Synaptics Circular Pad (300): 0
Synaptics Palm Detection (301): 0
Synaptics Palm Dimensions (302): 10, 199
Synaptics Pressure Motion (303): 29, 159
Synaptics Grab Event Device (304): 1
so reading that seems to suggest something is going on! but what precisely? where can I get the details of what each of the settings means?
I'm guessing from reading it that there is some form of '2 finger gesture' stuff going on. I must admit I had a feeling that this may be the case, however how do I confirm that my touchpad will even be able to recognise these gestures??
Thanks so for for your assistance, I've learnt some new things from the output of the above that I didn't even know existed.
I wish I could have found these before posting as it may have negated the requirement to do so a little bit.
As mentioned earlier, I am going to try a few things to see what happens, but not until tomorrow (Tuesday 23rd).
David
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