xorg.conf - maxtaptime not in PCLOS?

[highvoltage]

I am still getting frustrated with tapping on my laptops touchpad.  I have tried several tools, such as gsynaptics, but they are only a temporary fix.  Once I reboot the laptop, settings are gone.

In opensuse and fedora there is a setting in the xorg.conf file for the touchpad called "MaxTapTime". /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Option "MaxTapTime""0"

once this setting is set to zero, no more tapping - period.

in PCLinuxOS KDE 2010, the xorg.conf file does not set the touchpad or mouse options, therefore there is no "MaxTapTime" to set.  I do see that my Touchpad is set up in /proc/bus/input/devices.  However, no setting for tapping.


Can I set maxtaptime still in xorg.conf?  I am looking for a permanent solution like this to permanently (until xorg.conf is updated) stop tapping.

PCLinuxOS KDE 2010 : devices

Code:

I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0008 Version=7321
N: Name="AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event6
B: EV=b
B: KEY=420 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=1000003

old settings for opensuse : xorg.conf

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse1"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Buttons" "12"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
    Option         "MaxTapTime" "0"   
    Option         "MaxTapMove" "0"        
    Option         "ClickFinger2" "3"      
    Option         "ClickFinger3" "2"      
    Option         "SHMConfig" "on"  

[phorneker]

Since you can control the GlidePoint with Gsynaptics, one way to get that to run when you start KDE is to have that program automatically launch upon KDE launch.  The Configure Your Desktop utility allows you to customize KDE in most every way including which applications start up at launch time.

From Configure Your Desktop, Select System Administration -> Startup and Shutdown -> Autostart.  Click on Add Program..., then type gsynaptics.  Click on OK.

Next time you start KDE, gsynaptics will launch automatically and take control of your GlidePoint.