Debian Bug report logs - #52752
with synaptics touchpad, /etc/gpm-syn.conf seems to have no effect

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: with synaptics touchpad, /etc/gpm-syn.conf seems to have no effect

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:59:29 -0500

Package: gpm
Version: 1.17.8-11
Severity: normal

I've got a synaptics touchpad, type=synps2.  In /etc/gpm-syn.conf, I have:

corner_taps_enabled n
tossing_enabled n

Yet these options are *not* being actually disabled.  Something must 
be wrong.

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux frijole 2.2.13 #1 Tue Oct 26 14:00:17 EST 1999 i586

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debianutils                   1.13.2     Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                         2.1.2-10   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

Message #10 received at 52752@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: joerg.mensmann@gmx.de (Jörg Mensmann)

To: 52752@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Solved: with synaptics touchpad, /etc/gpm-syn.conf seems to have no effect

Date: 10 Oct 2001 14:13:12 +0200

| I've got a synaptics touchpad, type=synps2.  In /etc/gpm-syn.conf, I
| have:
|
| corner_taps_enabled n
| tossing_enabled n
|
| Yet these options are *not* being actually disabled.  Something must 
| be wrong.

Had the same problem here (woody, gpm 1.19.3). 
Solution is simple, you just have to write:

| [corner_taps_enabled] n
| [tossing_enabled] n

This way it works just fine.

So this is rather a documentation problem (and there is no error message
on syntax error):

,----[ README.synaptics ]
| Each line in this file has the following syntax:
|      [param-name] <value>
`----

This should be made clearer here.


ciao
  Joerg

Message #15 received at 52752@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jason Cormie <jason@wormwood666.demon.co.uk>

To: 52752@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [gpm] Bug resolved via the already included example

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:17:40 +0000

Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.4-3.3

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This bug requests better documentation of the format of gpm-syn.conf
The documentation is not wrong or inaccurate, just not 100% clear on the 
requirement for square brackets
Whilst the README.synaptic.gz has not been updated much, an example file is 
now included in /usr/share/doc/gpm/example, clearly demonstrating the format 
of the file.

Therefore I think this bug can be closed


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  900 testing         ftp.debian.org
  850 unstable        ftp.debian.org
  800 stable          www.debian-multimedia.org
  800 stable          security.debian.org
  800 stable          ftp.debian.org
  700 experimental    ftp.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends             (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-=============
libc6                (>= 2.7) | 2.11.2-7
libgpm2           (>= 1.20.4) | 1.20.4-3.3
debconf             (>= 0.5)  | 1.5.36
 OR debconf-2.0               |
dpkg             (>= 1.15.4)  | 1.15.8.5
 OR install-info              | 4.13a.dfsg.1-6
debianutils          (>= 1.7) | 3.4
ucf                 (>= 0.28) | 3.0025+nmu1
lsb-base                      | 3.2-23.1


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