March 05, 2011

A Multi-touch gestures in Ubuntu (least some of em…)

Author: tec at 3/05/2011 04:41:00 am
Create new file

gksudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-x11-synaptics.fdi

Paste the following code into the file and save it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2">  <device>    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">On</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" type="string">90</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.VertTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.HorizTwoFingerScroll" type="string">1</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton1" type="string">1</merge>        <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton2" type="string">3</merge>
<!--two finger tap -> middle clieck(3) -->       <merge key="input.x11_options.TapButton3" type="string">2</merge>
 <!--three finger tap -> right click(2). almost impossible to click -->    </match>  </device> </deviceinfo>

Restart hal and enjoy multitouch touchpad.

sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart

Update: Diagnosing your touchpad for multi-finger-sensing-capability

Few people have problem with this not working, while it works for few others. This is posted in ubuntu forums

synclient -m 100
Fifth column in the output f is number of fingers on your touchpad. Put two or more fingers on your touchpad and watch the column. If you see it more than one, this should work for you.

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