Tap-to-click w/ synaptics

Anyone have any experience making tap-to-click work with synaptics? I've messed around with it for a while, and can't seem to figure it out, and I kinda miss it. I'm running a gateway m-6843, using the standard synaptics driver on a fairly new arch install.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Here's the relevant portion of xorg.conf.
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "180"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "PalmDetect" "1"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

You probably already know this, but I'll mention it anyway: xorg.conf entries for input devices are used only if xorg input hotplugging is disabled.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<device>
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<merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">3</merge>
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I assume you are talking about the touchpad on a laptop.
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RightEdge = 5384
TopEdge = 1640
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FingerHigh = 30
FingerPress = 256
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MaxSpeed = 1.66
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EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 428
EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0
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LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 2
TapButton3 = 3
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PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
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AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
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VertHysteresis = 8
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RightButtonAreaRight = 0
RightButtonAreaTop = 4133
RightButtonAreaBottom = 0
MiddleButtonAreaLeft = 0
MiddleButtonAreaRight = 0
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