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Tystick86
February 17th, 2012, 02:18 PM
Does any one know the proper conf file to add Synaptic properties to like MaxTapTime 0 to. I tried /etc/xorg.conf but I think they get overridden because the output of xinput --list-prop 10 (10 being Synaptic) has nothing to do with what I specified. I am new to KDE and would appreciate any help
Copper Bezel
February 17th, 2012, 05:36 PM
Yes, it's /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/51-synaptics-quirks.conf. Changes you make there should apply to any DE you're using. You'll want to add a section like this:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "MaxTapTime" "0"
Option "SingleTapTimeout" "0"
EndSection
Tystick86
February 17th, 2012, 11:41 PM
Thank you for the response Copper Bezel I didn't have the directory /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d I tried making it and the config file you recommend but they had no effect I am using BackTrack I don't know if its a little different
Copper Bezel
February 18th, 2012, 03:09 AM
Oh. Yeah, I can't help with that - the above works for Ubuntu and probably Debian-based distros, but BackTrack isn't Debian-based.

You'll be doing a similar thing to a similar file, but I don't know what to tell you in terms of how to find and identify it.
Tystick86
February 18th, 2012, 07:02 AM
Hugh interesting it has apt-get with Ubuntu Repositories I thought it was Debian based. Oh well thank you for the help.
Copper Bezel
February 18th, 2012, 07:33 AM
Oh, dear, I didn't read to the end of the Wikipedia article. = P Yes, it switched to Ubuntu-based in 2010.

I just found it, though. The location in BackTrack is /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf, not usr/share. Do you see that folder? (I don't have any way of testing this, as I'm not using Backtrack, but it's mentioned in this (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42520) thread from the BackTrack forums.)
Tystick86
February 21st, 2012, 01:05 PM
Yes that's the one thank you
Copper Bezel
February 22nd, 2012, 02:28 AM
Good! Just mark the thread as Solved if it works (Thread Tools in the upper right) or let me know if it doesn't.