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tpconfig(1)															       tpconfig(1)

NAME

       tpconfig - Configure touchpad devices

SYNOPSIS

       tpconfig [ OPTIONS ]

DESCRIPTION

       This program can show or modify the configuration of several different kinds of touchpad devices, including most Synaptics TouchPad devices
       and the ALPS Glidepad/Stickpointer.

       Options for all touchpads:

       --help Display a help summary and exit.

       -D [N], --debug[=N]
	      Generate debugging output, where N of 1, 2, or 3 specifies the debugging level.  If N is 0, debugging is turned off.  If	N  is  not
	      given, it defaults to 1.

       -d DEVICE, --device=DEVICE
	      Use DEVICE as the device file for the mouse.  If this option isn't given, the device file /dev/psaux is used.

       --version
	      Display the version and copyright information and exit.

       -i, --info
	      Display the current touchpad configuration.

       -x, --reset
	      Perform a software reset on the touchpad.

       Options for all Synaptics TouchPads:

       -q, --quiet, --silent
	      Suppress verbose output.

       -a [N] Display the packet mode.	With argument N, set the packet mode, where N=0 means relative and N=1 means absolute.

       --absolute
	      Set the packet mode to absolute.

       --relative
	      Set the packet mode to relative.

       -r [N], --rate[=N]
	      Display the reporting rate.  With argument N, set the reporting rate, where N=0 means normal, and N=1 means high.

       Options for older Synaptics TouchPads only:

       -t [N], --tapmode[=N]
	      Display the tapping mode.  With argument N, set the tapping mode, where N=0 means no tap gestures, and N=1 means tap and drag.

       -s [N], --sleep[=N]
	      Display the sleep mode.  With argument N, set the sleep mode, where N=0 means disable, and N=1 means enable.

       Options for newer Synaptics TouchPads only:

       -t [N], --tapmode[=N]
	      Display  the tapping mode.  With argument N, set the tapping mode, where N=0 means no tap gestures, N=1 means tap-to-click only, N=2
	      means tap and non-locking drag, and N=3 means tap and locking drag.

       -2, --two-button
	      Set two-button mode.

       -3, --three-button
	      Set three-button mode.

       -c [N], --corner[=N]
	      Display the corner-tap mode.  With argument N, set the corner-tap mode, where N=0 means disable, and N=1 means enable.

       -e [N], --edgemode[=N]
	      Display edge motion.  With argument N, set edge motion, where N=0 means never, N=1 means always, and N=3 means only during drag.

       -m     Display which mouse button is simulated by corner taps.

       --middle-button
	      Make corner taps simulate the middle mouse button.

       --right-button
	      Make corner taps simulate the right mouse button.

       -z [N], --zthreshold[=N]
	      Display the z threshold setting (tap sensitivity).  With argument N, set the z threshold setting to N.

       --threshold[=N]
	      (Same as --zthreshold.)

       Options for ALPS touchpads:

       -r, --reset
	      Reset ALPS device.

       -t [N], --tapmode[=N]
	      Display the tapping mode.  With argument N, set the tapping mode, where N=0 means tapping disabled, and N=1 means tapping enabled.

EXAMPLES

       Often it's desirable to disable tap mode, to prevent mouse events from being generated when the hand brushes the touchpad:

       tpconfig --tapmode=0

AUTHORS

       Bruce Kall <kall@compass.com>

								       3.1.3							       tpconfig(1)

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synclient(1)						      General Commands Manual						      synclient(1)

NAME

       synclient - commandline utility to query and modify Synaptics driver options.

SYNOPSIS

       synclient [-m interval]
       synclient [-hlV?] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This program lets you change your Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86 server parameters while X is running.

       For the -m and -h options, SHM must be enabled by setting the option SHMConfig "on" in your XOrg/XFree86 configuration.

OPTIONS

       -m interval
	      monitor  changes	to the touchpad state.	Interval specifies how often (in ms) to poll the touchpad state.  Whenever a change in the
	      touchpad state is detected, one line of output is generated that describes the current state of the touchpad.  This option  is  only
	      available in SHM mode.  The following data is included in the output.

	      time   Time in seconds since the logging was started.

	      x,y    The x/y coordinates of the finger on the touchpad.  The origin is in the upper left corner.

	      z      The  "pressure"  value.  Pressing the finger harder on the touchpad typically produces a larger value.  Note that most touch-
		     pads don't measure the real pressure though.  Instead, capacitance is usually measured, which is correlated  to  the  contact
		     area  between  the  finger  and the touchpad.  Since more pressure usually means a larger contact area, the reported pressure
		     value is at least indirectly related to the real pressure.

	      f      The number of fingers currently touching the touchpad.  Note that only some touchpads can report more than one finger.   Gen-
		     erally, synaptics touchpads can, but ALPS touchpads can't.

	      w      The  w value is a measurement of the finger width.  This is only supported by some synaptics touchpads.  Touchpads that can't
		     measure the finger width typically report a faked constant value when a finger is touching the touchpad.

	      l,r,u,d,m,multi
		     The state of the left, right, up, down, middle and multi buttons.	Zero means not pressed, one means pressed.  Not all touch-
		     pads have all these buttons.  If a button doesn't exist, the value is always reported as 0.

       -l     List current user settings. This is the default if no option is given.

       -V     Print version number and exit.

       -?     Show the help message.

       var=value
	      Set user parameter var to value.

FILES

       /etc/X11/xorg.conf

       /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

EXAMPLES

       To disable EdgeMotionSpeed:

       synclient EdgeMotionSpeed=0

       To monitor touchpad events (requires SHM):

       synclient -m 100

AUTHORS

       Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> and many others.

       This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), syndaemon(1), synaptics(4)

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