I've installed x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.0, sys-apps/hal-0.5.13-r2 and x11-base/xorg-server-1.7.1 . My synaptics touchpad is loaded by xorg via evdev and I use hal to set the appropiate x11 options (will attach .fdi for hal). The problem is now that when X is started, the hal .fdi seems to be loaded correctly as I get: $ lshal | grep x11_options input.x11_options.AccelFactor = '0.0015' (string) input.x11_options.BottomEdge = '4200' (string) input.x11_options.FingerHigh = '30' (string) input.x11_options.FingerLow = '25' (string) input.x11_options.HorizEdgeScroll = '1' (string) input.x11_options.LeftEdge = '1700' (string) input.x11_options.MaxSpeed = '0.18' (string) input.x11_options.MaxTapMove = '220' (string) input.x11_options.MaxTapTime = '180' (string) input.x11_options.MinSpeed = '0.09' (string) input.x11_options.RightEdge = '5300' (string) input.x11_options.SHMConfig = 'true' (string) input.x11_options.TapButton1 = '1' (string) input.x11_options.TapButton2 = '2' (string) input.x11_options.TapButton3 = '3' (string) input.x11_options.TopEdge = '1700' (string) input.x11_options.VertEdgeScroll = '1' (string) input.x11_options.VertScrollDelta = '100' (string) But synclient shows this: $ synclient -l [...] TapButton1 = 0 TapButton2 = 0 TapButton3 = 0 [...] Tap-to-click does not work. I'll be happy to provide more information if requested. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: Options set for synaptics touchpad in hal .fdi file are somehow ignored by the driver. Expected Results: Shouldn't be ignored. $ paludis -ip xf86-input-synaptics hal xorg-server Building target list... Building dependency list: ... 236 steps These packages will be installed: * sys-apps/hal [R 0.5.13-r2] <target> Reasons: app-misc/hal-info-20090716:0::installed, sys-power/pm-utils-1.2.5:0::installed, 2 more X acpi -apm consolekit crypt -debug dell -disk-partition -doc laptop policykit (-selinux) build_options: -optional_tests split strip -trace * x11-base/xorg-server [R 1.7.1] <target> Reasons: x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.3.0:0::installed, x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.4.0:0::installed, 3 more -debug -dmx hal -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal nptl sdl -tslib xorg build_options: -optional_tests split strip -trace * x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics [R 1.2.0] <target> Reasons: x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.7:0::installed -debug hal build_options: -optional_tests split strip -trace Total: 3 packages (3 rebuilds) $ paludis --info paludis 0.42.0 Paludis build information: Compiler: CXX: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ 4.3.3 CXXFLAGS: -march=nocona -O2 -pipe LDFLAGS: -Wl,-O1 DATE: 2009-11-02T16:23:00+0100 Libraries: C++ Library: GNU libstdc++ 20090124 Paths: DATADIR: /usr/share LIBDIR: /usr/lib64 LIBEXECDIR: /usr/libexec SYSCONFDIR: /etc PYTHONINSTALLDIR: /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages RUBYINSTALLDIR: /usr/lib64/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux System: Linux dionysos 2.6.31-gentoo-r4-mw #5 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 30 15:04:52 CET 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Reduced Privs: reduced_uid: 1000 reduced_uid->name: martin reduced_uid->dir: /home/martin reduced_gid: 1000 reduced_gid->name: martin Environment: Format: paludis Config dir: /etc/paludis World file: /var/db/pkg/world Repository installed-virtuals: format: installed_virtuals root: / Repository virtuals: format: virtuals Repository gentoo: format: ebuild location: /usr/portage append_repository_name_to_write_cache: true binary_destination: false binary_keywords: binary_uri_prefix: builddir: /var/tmp/paludis cache: /usr/portage/metadata/cache distdir: /usr/portage/distfiles eapi_when_unknown: 0 eapi_when_unspecified: 0 eclassdirs: /usr/portage/eclass ignore_deprecated_profiles: false layout: traditional names_cache: /var/empty newsdir: /usr/portage/metadata/news profile_eapi_when_unspecified: 0 profiles: /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop securitydir: /usr/portage/metadata/glsa setsdir: /usr/portage/sets sync: rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage sync_options: use_manifest: use write_cache: /var/empty Package information: app-admin/eselect-compiler: (none) app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.6 2.5.4-r3 2.6.4 3.1.1-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: (none) dev-util/ccache: (none) dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3 dev-util/confcache: (none) sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.5.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.2 1.11 1.5 1.7.9-r1 1.8.5-r3 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 (for sys-kernel/linux-headers:0::installed) Repository installed: format: vdb location: /var/db/pkg builddir: /var/tmp/paludis eapi_when_unknown: 0 names_cache: /var/empty provides_cache: /var/empty root: /
Created attachment 209189 [details] File /etc/hal/fdi/policy/20-synaptics.fdi
Did you also update gnome? I ran into the same and it turned out that gnome switched if off (You can reenable using the control center)? Try XSESSION=Xorg or such and see if the problem persists to rule that out.
Assuming you are using gnome 2.28, this is bug #287230 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 287230 ***
