NAME¶
synclient - commandline utility to query and modify Synaptics driver options.
SYNOPSIS¶
synclient [
-m interval]
synclient [
-hlV?] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
This program lets you change your Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86
server parameters while X is running.
For the -m and -h options, SHM must be enabled by setting the option SHMConfig
"on" in your XOrg/XFree86 configuration.
OPTIONS¶
- -m interval
- monitor changes to the touchpad state. Interval specifies
how often (in ms) to poll the touchpad state. Whenever a change in the
touchpad state is detected, one line of output is generated that describes
the current state of the touchpad. This option is only available in SHM
mode. The following data is included in the output.
- time
- Time in seconds since the logging was started.
- x,y
- The x/y coordinates of the finger on the touchpad. The
origin is in the upper left corner.
- z
- The "pressure" value. Pressing the finger harder
on the touchpad typically produces a larger value. Note that most
touchpads don't measure the real pressure though. Instead, capacitance is
usually measured, which is correlated to the contact area between the
finger and the touchpad. Since more pressure usually means a larger
contact area, the reported pressure value is at least indirectly related
to the real pressure.
- f
- The number of fingers currently touching the touchpad. Note
that only some touchpads can report more than one finger. Generally,
synaptics touchpads can, but ALPS touchpads can't.
- w
- The w value is a measurement of the finger width. This is
only supported by some synaptics touchpads. Touchpads that can't measure
the finger width typically report a faked constant value when a finger is
touching the touchpad.
- l,r,u,d,m,multi
- The state of the left, right, up, down, middle and multi
buttons. Zero means not pressed, one means pressed. Not all touchpads have
all these buttons. If a button doesn't exist, the value is always reported
as 0.
- -l
- List current user settings. This is the default if no
option is given.
- -V
- Print version number and exit.
- -?
- Show the help message.
- var=value
- Set user parameter var to value.
FILES¶
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
EXAMPLES¶
To disable EdgeMotionSpeed:
synclient EdgeMotionSpeed=0
To monitor touchpad events (requires SHM):
synclient -m 100
AUTHORS¶
Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> and many others.
- This man page was written by Mattia Dongili
<malattia@debian.org>
SEE ALSO¶
Xorg(1),
syndaemon(1),
synaptics(4)