Is there a way that I can decrease the tap sensitivity or turn off the tap option on my touch pad? In the "InputDevice" section you can add the option MinTapTime @ ~.25. Here are some examples of what other people have done. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Alps Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "CorePointer" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "60" Option "RightEdge" "830" Option "TopEdge" "70" Option "BottomEdge" "650" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "110" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" Option "VertScrollDelta" "50" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "50" Option "MinSpeed" "0.2 " Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5" Option "AccelFactor" "0.01" Option "EdgeMotionSpeed" "40" Option "UpDownScrolling" "1" Option "TouchpadOff" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "TouchPad" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "0" Option "MaxTapMove" "0" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.25" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5" Option "AccelFactor" " 0.015" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection David

Lovell Mcilwain wrote: > Thanks Dave for the tip but where can I find this file that this > needs to be added to? and does it matter where I add that line? > > David Corrigan wrote: > >> Is there a way that I can decrease the tap sensitivity or turn >> off the >> tap option on my touch pad? >> >> >> In the "InputDevice" section you can add the option MinTapTime @ >> ~.25. Here are some examples of what other people have done. >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Alps Touchpad" >> Driver "synaptics" >> Option "CorePointer" >> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" >> >> Option "LeftEdge" "60" >> Option "RightEdge" "830" >> Option "TopEdge" "70" >> >> Option "BottomEdge" "650" >> Option "FingerLow" "25" >> Option "FingerHigh" "30" >> >> Option "MaxTapTime" "180" >> Option "MaxTapMove" "110" >> Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75" >> >> Option "VertScrollDelta" "50" >> Option "HorizScrollDelta" "50" >> Option "MinSpeed" "0.2 >> " >> Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5" >> Option "AccelFactor" "0.01" >> Option "EdgeMotionSpeed" "40" >> >> Option "UpDownScrolling" "1" >> Option "TouchpadOff" "0" >> EndSection >> >> Section "InputDevice" >> Driver "synaptics" >> Identifier "TouchPad" >> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" >> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" >> >> Option "LeftEdge" "1700" >> Option "RightEdge" "5300" >> Option "TopEdge" "1700" >> Option "BottomEdge" "4200" >> >> Option "FingerLow" "25" >> Option "FingerHigh" "30" >> Option "MaxTapTime" "0" >> Option "MaxTapMove" "0" >> >> Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" >> Option "MinSpeed" "0.25" >> Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5" >> Option "AccelFactor" " >> 0.015" >> Option "SHMConfig" "on" >> EndSection >> >> >> David >> >> >> > Look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf david

Hello All, Is there a way that I can decrease the tap sensitivity or turn off the tap option on my touch pad? I am having this annoying problem that when I am typing my palm or some part of my hand brushes up against the touch pad and starts me typing in another part of the text that I have already typed. I thought I could live with it but I really can't :) . I tried changing my typing so my wrists are up higher but no luck. So now I would like to try turning off the tap option (if there is a way to do that) and see if I am better off without it. I am using Fedora Core 4 on a Compaq Presario R3000

Thanks, Lovell

Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Lovell Mcilwain wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Is there a way that I can decrease the tap sensitivity or turn off the >> tap option on my touch pad? >> >> I am having this annoying problem that when I am typing my palm or some >> part of my hand brushes up against the touch pad and starts me typing in >> another part of the text that I have already typed. I thought I could >> live with it but I really can't :) . I tried changing my typing so my >> wrists are up higher but no luck. So now I would like to try turning >> off the tap option (if there is a way to do that) and see if I am better >> off without it. >> >> I am using Fedora Core 4 on a Compaq Presario R3000 > > > Is this a Synaptics touchpad? If so, you probably have the synaptics RPM > installed. It includes a program called syndaemon, which disables the > touchpad while you are typing. > > I haven't felt the need, but it might do the job for you. > Here is what happened when I tried to run syndaemon: [user@Blade ~]$ sudo syndaemon -t -d Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled? I tried to find SHMConfig but didn't see a man page for it or couldn't locate it anywhere. Can you tell me what I might be missing? I also didn't see the syndaemon in the services list via the gui if that helps.

>> >> Thanks, >> >> Lovell >> >> >> >