Disabling touchpad tapping in 9.10

[O. Sinclair]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Nigel Ridley wrote:
> 
>> OK. No Xorg.conf in 9.10 -- so how do I disable touchpad tapping?
>> In Jaunty it was simply a case of adding:
>> Option		"MaxTapTime" 		"2"
>> to the Synaptic Touchpad section of xorg.conf
>>
>> So what do I edit? Is it something to do with
>> /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10_keymap.fdi ?
>>
>> Blessings,
>>
>> Nigel
> Ah.  I was looking on the wrong system - forgetting I was ssh'd into my 
> wife's system when I looked for the .fdi file :-)
> 
> $ 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. -->                                                                                      
>         <!-- EXAMPLES:                                                                                                                                      
>         Switch on shared memory, enables the driver to be configured at 
> runtime                                                                             
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>                                                                                 
> 
>         Maximum movement of the finger for detecting a tap
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">2000</merge>
> 
>         Enable vertical scrolling when dragging along the right edge
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" 
> type="string">true</merge>
> 
>         Enable vertical scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on 
> the touchpad
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" 
> type="string">true</merge>    
> 
>         Enable horizontal scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere 
> on the touchpad
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" 
> type="string">true</merge>     
> 
>         If on, circular scrolling is used
>         <merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling" 
> type="string">true</merge>
> 
>         For other possible options, check CONFIGURATION DETAILS in synaptics 
> man page
>         -->
>         <match 
> key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" 
> string="Inspiron 1011">
>             <merge key="input.x11_options.JumpyCursorThreshold" 
> type="string">90</merge>
>             <merge key="input.x11_options.AreaBottomEdge" 
> type="string">4100</merge>
>         </match>
>         <match 
> key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" 
> string="Inspiron 1012">
>             <merge key="input.x11_options.JumpyCursorThreshold" 
> type="string">90</merge>
>             <merge key="input.x11_options.AreaBottomEdge" 
> type="string">4100</merge>
>         </match>
>         <match 
> key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.hardware.product" 
> string="HP MiniNote 1000">
>             <merge key="input.x11_options.JumpyCursorThreshold" 
> type="string">200</merge>
>         </match>
>     </match>
>   </device>
> </deviceinfo>
> 
You could have a look at Synaptiks on kde-apps.org, have not yet tested 
it myself

Sinclair