[SOLVED] synaptics right-click

How do I get synaptics right-click to work on my laptop?
I added the following to xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "TapButton2" "3"
Option "TapButton3" "2"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection
Last edited by dabd (2010-06-22 10:09:20)

I found that this settings are working for me:
http://andreascarpino.it/2010/04/xorg-1 … iguration/
I tried to remove the options one by one and the minimal xorg.conf that gets two-finger tap right-click is the one below.
It seems like the "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" is determinant; if I remove it, right-click doesn't work.
Does anyone know why?
So this is my xorg.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "0"
EndSection
I forgot to mention that xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf contains this, and it looks like xorg.conf is read after this file.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
EndSection
Last edited by dabd (2010-07-06 09:29:24)

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