
Originally Posted by
BlueDragonX
Look again. There's a section called "Configuration" which takes up 90% of the readme.
This is what I see. It's in a file called Readme.md
I clicked on it and got what's below.
Xorg Multitouch Trackpad Driver
* Install the Debian package
* Configure xorg.conf
* Restart X
When I am saying that I (and likely other newbies) do not understand how to install this, is that I would like more info about each of these three steps.
In case you are interested in the points that a newbie used to the windows world would find unclear, it's:
Where is the debian package? I assume that it's the binary for Ubuntu that I installed already from the ftp site dated April 28, 2011.
How do I configure xorg.conf? Do I search for it somewhere in my file system and then add some lines to it?
I assume I restart X (I think that's the windowing system name in Ubuntu) by rebooting the computer?
Here is some additional detail for total newbies that I added to another post made earlier from Helios (thanks, Helios!)
If you have ubuntu, go to this link and download the file that applies to your version of linux that you are running:
http://www.dev.fatalmachine.org/pack...mtrack/ubuntu/
I grabbed this one:
xserver-xorg-input-mtrack_0.1.1_natty_i386.deb because I have Ubuntu 11.04 natty, the 32-bit version.
double click on this and Ubuntu software center will open. Install it by following the onscreen directions. FYI: You do not need to download the tar file and extract it, compile it with "make install" or anything like that.
If the right .deb is not in the link to the ftp site above, you'll have to compile this yourself before proceeding to any further steps. No directions are being included for that.
OK, now you've just installed the new driver, but it's not activated yet.
To do that, you need to find and edit a file called xorg.conf.
The place (path) where this file is located on your computer is: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
You need to open this file. If you use Nautilus, the windows explorer-type graphical file browser, you can navigate to and open this file.
Or you can use nano or vim or gedit (all text editors) to open this file. To open this file, you need to become the superuser with the command sudo.
So, to use the built-in text editor to modify xorg.conf, type in the following at the command line (open a terminal window):
Code:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Type in the following bit of code at the end of the file
Code:
Section "InputClass"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Identifier "Touchpads"
Driver "mtrack"
EndSection
When you are done, your xorg.conf should look like this:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Identifier "Touchpads"
Driver "mtrack"
EndSection
Bookmark this page and Reboot your computer. (yes, you must do this or the new driver won't work). If you don't wish to reboot, you can just restart the X windowing system if you know how to do that.
To tweak the options for the driver (sensitivity, pressure sensing, tap to click enable/disable, thumb width, etc) follow the list of options in the configuration section of the readme here:
https://github.com/BlueDragonX/xf86-...ster/README.md
You insert the options you want to tweak in your xorg.conf file in between "Driver "mtrack"" and "EndSection"
Thanks for the great program!