Trackpad functionality (s10e)

[valmar]

Dear All,

I just installed Jaunty. The S10e has a Synaptics trackpad. However, out of the box I only get tap-to-click and vertical scroll bar, without any way to tap-to-right-click. Is this normal, or the trackpad should have more functionality?

I read on the web that several people seem to be enabling multitouch using fdi files in hal, but this does not work for me, even if I follow their tutorial. What would be interesting form me is the tap-to-right-click: it is the only thing for which I still use the physical button. Anyone knows how to activate it somehow?

Multitouch would be perfect (with two-finger scroll), but tap-to-right-click would be excellent also!

This is the output of synclient -l:


Parameter settings:
LeftEdge = 1632
RightEdge = 5312
TopEdge = 1575
BottomEdge = 4281
FingerLow = 24
FingerHigh = 29
FingerPress = 255
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 221
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 100
FastTaps = 0
EmulateMidButtonTime = 75
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 280
VertScrollDelta = 100
HorizScrollDelta = 100
VertEdgeScroll = 1
HorizEdgeScroll = 1
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
MinSpeed = 0.2
MaxSpeed = 0.5
AccelFactor = 0.00995223
TrackstickSpeed = 40
EdgeMotionMinZ = 29
EdgeMotionMaxZ = 159
EdgeMotionMinSpeed = 1
EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 401
EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0
UpDownScrolling = 1
LeftRightScrolling = 1
UpDownScrollRepeat = 1
LeftRightScrollRepeat = 1
ScrollButtonRepeat = 100
TouchpadOff = 0
GuestMouseOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 2
RBCornerButton = 3
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 2
TapButton3 = 3
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 1
ClickFinger3 = 1
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 0.01
CircScrollTrigger = 0
CircularPad = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 199
CoastingSpeed = 0
PressureMotionMinZ = 29
PressureMotionMaxZ = 159
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 1

As you can see, the two finger scrolling, for example, seems to be set to on, but it does not work. Anyone is experiencing the same?

Valerio

[twiceover]

What I like to use is the accessibility option for "Trigger secondary click by holding down primary button"

System -> Preferences -> Mouse -> Accessibility

With this you just double tap and hold and it will do a right-click for you. This way you don't have to waste valuable trackpad realestate for a tap to right-click.