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| author | Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> | 2003-11-14 21:11:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> | 2006-04-09 04:01:24 +0200 |
| commit | ed43dd7af5533432afc3d69fbec4a24b5512a1b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b84f52e3602f803ad4528151ff9f5b2809f1868 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 2d84ff6e0b937459ced3208362c0fae7b48bab9c (diff) | |
No longer support installation from a precompiled binary.
It should be possible for everyone to compile from source.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -22,18 +22,16 @@ Requirements Installing ---------- -1. If you are installing the driver by binary you can go to step 3. +1. 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 +2. Copy the driver module "synaptics_drv.o" into the XFree module path "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 +3. Load the driver by changig the XFree configuration file through adding the line 'Load "synaptics"' in the module section. -5. Add/Replace in the InputDevice section for the touchpad the +4. Add/Replace in the InputDevice section for the touchpad the following lines: Section "InputDevice" @@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ EndSection Change the Identifier to the same name as in the ServerLayout section. The Option "Repeater" is at the moment for testing. -6. Add the "CorePointer" option to the InputDevice line at the ServerLayout section: +5. Add the "CorePointer" option to the InputDevice line at the ServerLayout section: Section "ServerLayout" ... @@ -71,12 +69,12 @@ Section "ServerLayout" to use an external mouse too, you have to set all mouse input devices except one to "AlwaysCore" instead of "CorePointer". -7. Start/Restart the X Server. If the touchpad doesn't work: +6. Start/Restart the X Server. If the touchpad doesn't work: a) Check the XFree Logfiles b) Try to start the XServer with 'startx -- -logverbose 8' for more Output -8. If you want to be able to change driver parameters without +7. If you want to be able to change driver parameters without restarting the X server, enable the "SHMConfig" option in the XFree configuration file. You can then use the "synclient" program to query and modify driver parameters on the fly. |