#8942 HIGH -: Need to update Xorg.conf file for Synaptics touchpad

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#8942: Need to update Xorg.conf file for Synaptics touchpad
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           Reporter:  dsaxena          |       Owner:  cscott       
               Type:  defect           |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  high             |   Milestone:               
          Component:  x window system  |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  code             |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:                   |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:                   |  
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Changes (by dsaxena):

 * cc: cscott (removed)
 * cc: dsaxena (added)
  * owner:  dsaxena => cscott


Comment:

 Following patch to xorg.conf allows us to work with both new and old TP.
 We don't load evdev by default and give priority to the Synaptics device
 so that it is claimed by the synaptics driver before the evdev driver
 comes up.

 {{{
 --- xorg-old.conf       2008-11-06 19:16:23.000000000 +0000
 +++ xorg.conf   2008-11-06 19:17:45.000000000 +0000
 @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  Section "ServerLayout"
         Identifier     "Default Layout"
         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
 +       InputDevice     "Synaptics" "AlwaysCore"
  EndSection

  #Section "ServerFlags"
 @@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
                 Option "omit Extended-Visual-Information"
         EndSubSection
         Load  "freetype"
 -       Load  "evdev"
         # Load "record" # Mostly a debugging tool
  EndSection

 @@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
  EndSection

  Section "InputDevice"
 +        Identifier     "Synaptics"
 +        Driver         "synaptics"
 +       Option          "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 +       Option          "FingerHigh" "30"
 +       Option          "FingerLow" "25"
 +EndSection
 +Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier "ATKbd"
          Driver     "evdev"
 }}}

 We may have to tweak some more synaptics-specific options in the config as
 we play with it more, but this will be good for now.

 Assigning to Scott to package into Joyride.

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