Help configuring Elantech touchpad

Question

Hi,
I've an Elantech touchpad identified as this:
$lshal
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ETD0001'
info.linux.driver = 'i8042 aux' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string)
info.product = 'PnP Device (ETD0001)' (string)
info.subsystem = 'pnp' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ETD0001' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'pnp' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pnp0/00:05' (string)
pnp.id = 'ETD0001' (string)
It works but I cant figure out how to configure it.
I used the hal fdi config file as described in the wiki, but after hal restart (and also after reboot) the settings are not taken into account.
BTW the kcontrol touchpad settings management is not configurable (buttons are grey and no way to tick or click)
If someone has the same device and know about configuring it, please tell!!
Here ise the method I used :
$ sudo cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-synaptics.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
$ sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
// I tried to turn off two finger scrolling and event the whole touchpad
// <merge key="input.x11_options.touchpadoff" type="string">1</merge>
// <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">false</merge>
// <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge>
$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart
Nothing had changed in the touchpad config...
full file:
$ nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi
// nano
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.product" contains="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad">
<append key="info.capabilities" type="strlist">input.touchpad</append>
</match>
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>
<!-- Arbitrary options can be passed to the driver using
the input.x11_options property since xorg-server-1.5. -->
<!-- EXAMPLES:
Switch on shared memory, enables the driver to be configured at runtime
<merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">true</merge>
Maximum movement of the finger for detecting a tap
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxTapMove" type="string">2000</merge>
Enable vertical scrolling when dragging along the right edge
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll" type="string">true</merge>
Enable vertical scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">false</merge>
Enable horizontal scrolling when dragging with two fingers anywhere on the touchpad
<merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</merge>
If on, circular scrolling is used
<merge key="input.x11_options.CircularScrolling" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.touchpadoff" type="string">1</merge>
For other possible options, check CONFIGURATION DETAILS in synaptics man page
-->
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
Last edited by florut (2010-02-20 14:02:54)

Answer 1

#!/bin/sh
# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
# NOTE: This is a 2.6-centric script. If you use 2.4.x, you'll have to
# modify it to not use /sys
minspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq`
maxspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq`
setspeed="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed"
set $*
getXuser() {
user=`pinky| grep -m1 ":$displaynum " | awk '{print $1}'`
if [ x"$user" != x"" ]; then
userhome=`getent passwd $user | cut -d: -f6`
export XAUTHORITY=$userhome/.Xauthority
else
export XAUTHORITY=""
fi
getXconsole() {
console=`fgconsole`;
displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`
if [ x"$displaynum" != x"" ]; then
export DISPLAY=":$displaynum"
getXuser
fi
case "$1" in
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/sleep)
case "$2" in
SLPB) echo -n mem >/sys/power/state ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start
00000001)
echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
battery)
case "$2" in
BAT0)
case "$4" in
00000000) #echo "offline" >/dev/tty5
00000001) #echo "online" >/dev/tty5
esac
CPU0)
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/lid)
#echo "LID switched!">/dev/tty5
hotkey)
event="$2"\ "$3"
case "$event" in
"ATKD 0000002"*)
acpi_fakekey 224
brightness=`echo $3 | sed 's/0000002//'`
setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=${brightness}f
/home/dominik/bin/brightness.sh $brightness &
"ATKD 0000001"*)
acpi_fakekey 225
brightness=`echo $3 | sed 's/0000001//'`
setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=${brightness}f
/home/dominik/bin/brightness.sh $brightness &
"ATKD 0000006b")
logger "ACPI action: toggle touchpad"
getXconsole
# get the id of the touchpad
XINPUTNUM=`xinput list "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" | sed -n -e's/.*id=\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/p'`
# get the current state of the touchpad
TPSTATUS=`xinput list-props $XINPUTNUM | awk '/Device Enabled/ { print $NF }'`
echo $XINPUTNUM > /home/dominik/test
# if getting the status failed, exit
test -z $TPSTATUS && exit 1
if [ $TPSTATUS = 0 ]; then
xinput set-prop $XINPUTNUM "Device Enabled" 1
else
xinput set-prop $XINPUTNUM "Device Enabled" 0
fi
esac
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
esac
Well, it doesn't work anymore. Running the commands which determine the value of XINPUTNUM and TPSTATUS works just perfect, which leads me to think that getXconsole is broken...
EDIT
getXconsole() {
console=`fgconsole`;
displaynum=`ps t tty$console | sed -n -re 's,.*/X .*:([0-9]+).*,\1,p'`
if [ x"$displaynum" != x"" ]; then
export DISPLAY=":$displaynum"
getXuser
fi
was the culprit. " tty$console" should be " tty $console".
Last edited by Arthenik (2010-10-14 16:29:03)