Enable "click" (Debian Wheezy) on the Xfce touchpad)

Problem description

System: Debian Wheezy Xfce.

Problem: although the Xorg touchpad input Driver (synaptics) is installed, you still cannot enable the "click" function, which is equivalent to the mouse.

Solution

1. First, ensure that the synaptics driver is installed:

$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

2. Copy/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.dTo/etc/X11

$ sudo cp -R /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ /etc/X11

3. Change the original/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.confChange the same part of the configuration file:

Section "InputClass"          Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"          MatchIsTouchpad "on"          MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"          Driver "synaptics"          Option "TapButton1" "1"          Option "TapButton2" "2"          Option "TapButton2" "3"  EndSection

In the above FileTapButtonIn the man manual

Option "TapButton1" "integer"    Which mouse button is reported on a non-corner one-finger tap.  Set  to    0 to disable. Property: "Synaptics Tap Action" Option "TapButton2" "integer"    Which  mouse button is reported on a non-corner two-finger tap.  Set to    0 to disable. Property: "Synaptics Tap Action"Option "TapButton3" "integer"    Which mouse button is reported on a non-corner three-finger  tap.   Set    to 0 to disable. Property: "Synaptics Tap Action"

4. restart the system

About synaptics

Synaptics is the Xorg input driver of the touchpad. Even if the touchpad can be processed by the evdev or mouse driver, the driver allows the touchpad to implement more functions. Synaptics is a historical name. in Linux, the specific hardware has kernel processing, but this driver applies to any touchpad. If the device is "PS/2 Mouse" or older, the kernel driver may not support such a device, and the driver also provides limited support. However, it is very good for any device, no matter how many features it has.

Some features of synaptics:

• Nonlinear acceleration of touch Motion
• Click or double-click an event through a transient touch
• Multi-finger touch: hardware support required

AboutsynapticsCan be run on the terminal.man synaptics.

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