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authorPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>2003-10-04 19:11:04 +0200
committerPeter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>2006-04-09 04:01:15 +0200
commit2cdd459c1d78fff499ad1122cb8848c45db1b969 (patch)
treebb0046c7e55b8e33c2c8ffe818cc15a4e67a1065 /INSTALL
parentd7d9674548b25d716418d04906f526665eae2539 (diff)
Updated the documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
-rw-r--r--INSTALL17
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 375b1b2..2b739a8 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,19 +4,16 @@ Installation of the Synaptics-Touchpad-Driver for XFree 4.x
Author: Stefan Gmeiner <riddlebox@freesurf.ch>
Date: 20.04.02
-needs: - XFree 4.x
- - Using with Kernel 2.4.x for x < 10 needs a kernel-patch (see
+needs: - Using with Kernel 2.4.x for x < 10 needs a kernel-patch (see
source-code)
-1. If you installing the driver by binary (recommended) you can go to
-step 3.
+1. If you are installing the driver by binary you can go to step 3.
-2. Change in the "Makefile" the path to the xfree-sourcecode tree by
-changig the Variable TOP. Then type "make" to build the driver
-"synaptics_drv.o".
+2. Type "make" to build the driver "synaptics_drv.o".
3. Copy the driver-module "synaptics_drv.o" into the XFree-module path
-"ex. /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/".
+"ex. /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/". Running "make install" as root
+will do this for you if you have X installed in /usr/X11R6/.
4. Load the driver by changig the XFree configuration file through
adding the line 'Load "synaptics"' in the module section.
@@ -41,8 +38,8 @@ Section "InputDevice"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.02"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
+ Option "SHMConfig" "on"
# Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse"
-# Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Change the Identifier to the same name as in the ServerLayout-section.
@@ -68,4 +65,4 @@ step 8.
query and modify driver parameters on the fly.
If you can't get the driver working, mail the logfiles and the
-configuration file to me.
+configuration file to petero2@telia.com.