Synaptics configuration

Question

Hi,
I have been trying to configure my synaptics touchpad according to the wiki manual. However, on trying to edit the /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.gdi with nano, when I try to save the changes it says "Error writing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.gdi. Permission Denied."
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Samsom

Answer 1

Hi All,
I have been trying to edit the synaptics file by adding lines from the template in the wiki pages.
This is the contents of my /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11.synaptics.fdi
<?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.AlwaysCore"
type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll"
type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll"
type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</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 th$
<merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">true</$
[ Error writing /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11.synaptics.fdi: Permission denied ]
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All other sudo functions seem to be working appropriately. Any advice would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Samsom
Last edited by samsom (2009-07-24 16:20:44)