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  • victorhqc
    Posted by
    on 22 Sep 2012 19:38

    Hello,
    The trackpad driver works pretty well but is there a way to customize the gestures? i've been reading in other forums and there are some ways to edit the gestures using touchegg or ginn, but when I try to change them nothing happens.

    I try to edit Ginn by changing the /etc/ginn/wishes.xml is there something else I should do?
  • iberianpig
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 9:32

    Hi, I created Linuxs' multitouch script, xSwipe. This script make your linux PC be able to recognize

    some swipes like a macbook.You can change setting for swipe by "eventKey.cfg".  

    Now, I'm testing this program for XPS13.
    Could you please try to use this program and give me a feedback?

    github.com/.../xSwipe
  • victorhqc
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 11:30

    Great! I'll try it right now
  • victorhqc
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 11:36

    There's no

    /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf file in the Dell XPS 13, maybe because is not using synaptics?
  • victorhqc
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 11:41

    When executing the script it fails because the SHMConfig is not enabled, don't know how to do it. And the cursor disappears, I had to restart to solve it
  • iberianpig
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 21:37

    If there isn't  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, you should make the directory and copy file from /usr/share/X11/ before edit 50-synaptics.conf

    Please enter  following code into terminal.

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    cd  /etc/X11/

    sudo mkdir xorg.conf.d/

    cd xorg.conf.d/

    sudo cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf 50-synaptics.conf

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • victorhqc
    Posted by
    on 10 Oct 2012 23:03

    I can't enable the "SHMConfig" followed your instructions and look this as well http://askubuntu.com/questions/50201/how-to-enable-shmconfig

    Here is a copy of my file

    # Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
    # to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
    # InputClass.
    # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
    # it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
    # Additional options may be added in the form of
    # Option "OptionName" "value"
    #
    Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "touchpad catchall"
    Driver "synaptics"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    # This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
    # enabled by default. See the following link for details: # http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Option "SHMConfig" "on"
    EndSection

    Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    MatchOS "Linux"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
    Option "Ignore" "on"
    EndSection

    And when I type: $ synclient SHMConfig=1 the terminal responds this:
    Unknown parameter SHMConfig
  • iberianpig
    Posted by
    on 11 Oct 2012 9:06

    This is my setting, "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf "

    Could you try with the below code?

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    #setting for synaptics
    Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
    Driver "synaptics"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    Option "Protocol" "event"		
    Option "FingerLow" "10"              	
    Option "FingerHigh" "40"             	
    Option "MinSpeed" "0.4"             
    Option "MaxSpeed" "2"             	
    Option "AccelFactor" "0.8"         	
    Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8" 
    Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "10"
    Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100"
    Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
    Option "VertScrollDelta" "15"
    Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
    Option "TapButton1" "1"
    Option "TapButton2" "3"
    Option "TapButton3" "2"
    Option "PalmDetect" "1"
    Option "AreaRightEdge" "1020"
    Option "AreaTopEdge" "40"
    Option "FastTaps" "0"	 
    Option "SHMConfig" "1"
    Option "MaxTapTime" "100"
    EndSection
    

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    Please check this demo video.