Touchegg does not work with a Synaptics touch pad

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start touchegg application
2. Check for any response in System Monitor while performing gestures.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would expect some response from the touchegg process when performing gestures 
on the synaptic touch pad. However it remains 'sleeping' even when priority is 
raised.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Ubuntu 10.10

Please provide any additional information below.

Perhaps this still isn't an implemented function but I think both me and plenty 
of others would love to see it happen. Together with compiz it would bring out 
the mac in ubuntu! :D

Original issue reported on code.google.com by remko.ga...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 6:55

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Try installing Henrik Rydberg's synaptics-dkms package to get multitouch 
support for the synaptics touchpad into your kernel.  You can find it for 
Ubuntu on launchpad at <https://launchpad.net/~utouch-team/+archive/utouch> 
(follow instruction on that page for installation).

Original comment by bregm...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 7:06

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Remember that you must use evdev driver, not synaptics driver to work with 
Touchégg, for example, this is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf

  [...]
  # Apple Magic Trackpad
  Section "InputClass"
      Identifier "Magic Trackpad"
      MatchUSBID "05ac:030e"
      Driver "evdev"
  EndSection
  [...]

Yours will be diferent, but will have the Driver "evdev" line. Change your 
InputClass section and restart X.

Greetings!

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 7:17

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> Perhaps this still isn't an implemented function but I think
> both me and plenty of others would love to see it happen. 
> Together with compiz it would bring out the mac in ubuntu! :D

I'm working in a "SendKeys" action that allowing active easily the compiz or 
kwin effects ;) And in the future EggWM (https://code.google.com/p/eggwm/) 
effects

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 7:22

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I have managed to get it to work, sorta :P

I used the ppa but I wonder if that was really nessecary. In addition I 
modified the X org config. Note that for 10.10 it exists elsewhere:

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

I changed the synaptics driver to evdev and rebooted. Then started touchegg 
which did the trick. However, the touchpad became extremely jumpy. Also four 
finger gestures are too much on a smaller synaptics touchpad.

The full set of gestures might be comfortable to work with on a magic track 
pad. For synaptics I think it might be better reduced to two/three finger 
up/down and tap motions. My pad isn't big enough for a four finger gesture and 
I have small hands.

Thinking out loud:

2 finger is scrolling
3 finger up/down would be window expose
3 finger down when not in expose gives the desktop
maybe 2 finger swipe could be desktop switching

2 finger tap for maximize/unmaximize
3 finger tap for right click (i hardly ever use right clicks)

I'll play around a bit with the config settigns in both ubuntu and touchegg to 
see if I can get it to be more 'stable' in use.

Original comment by remko.ga...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 8:22

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Yes, the mouse speed is a problem using small touchpads or smalls screens, I 
will try to fix it.

To configure your own gestures do that:

$ mkdir $HOME/.touchegg
$ cp /usr/share/touchegg/touchegg.conf $HOME/.touchegg/touchegg.conf
$ gedit $HOME/.touchegg/touchegg.conf

Edit the actions and configure your own gestures.

Sorry, I need to put all information in the wiki, but I haven't got time!

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 8:39

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PS - Please mark issues as "Done" if are solved ;)

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 8:41

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To change mouse speed:
http://jasonxh.blogspot.com/2008/02/slow-down-your-evdev-mouse.html

Bye!

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2011 at 11:02

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Done :) No idea on how to change the status of this issue in google :P

P.S. In order to cut down your effort on documenting you could just add some 
references to these issues on your main page?

Original comment by remko.ga...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2011 at 9:28

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Please, check this:
http://code.google.com/p/touchegg/wiki/ConfigurationDevices

If you can, please, copy here your configuration or more issues that you 
consider important to run Touchégg in your PC.

Original comment by jose.exposito89@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2011 at 11:02

• Changed state: Done