[F10] Initializing GSynaptics for touchpad

[msuffern]

Hi all. First-time Linux user here. F10 on an IBM T41 laptop. Having trouble getting gsynaptics to initialize. It gives me:

GSynaptics couldn't initialize.
You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics

I've installed and run system.display.config so I have an xorg.conf file in the etc/X11 directory.

Not really sure what I should be doing with the file, though. The ultimate goal is to disable the tap-click functionality of the touchpad (I hate it). Here is my xorg.conf file:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# keyboard added by rhpxl
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Any leads/advice would be appreciated.

[pankajp]

Originally Posted by msuffern

Hi all. First-time Linux user here. F10 on an IBM T41 laptop. Having trouble getting gsynaptics to initialize. It gives me:

GSynaptics couldn't initialize.
You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics

I've installed and run system.display.config so I have an xorg.conf file in the etc/X11 directory.

Not really sure what I should be doing with the file, though. The ultimate goal is to disable the tap-click functionality of the touchpad (I hate it). Here is my xorg.conf file:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
        Option	    "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
# keyboard added by rhpxl
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Any leads/advice would be appreciated.

Add the highlighted sections to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and try logging out / logging in again to see if it works.

[msuffern]

Thanks for the help!

Fixed it, courtesy some help on another forum (linuxquestions.org). Here's my revised xorg.conf file, added sections in red:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "TouchPad" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# keyboard added by rhpxl
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Identifier  "TouchPad"
	Option      "SendCoreEvents"
	Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
	Option      "VertTwoFingerScroll" "false"
	Option      "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "false"
	Option	"HorizScrollDelta" "0"
	Option	"TapButton1" "0"
	Option	"TapButton2" "0"
	Option	"TapButton3" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection