Enable LockedDrags for Synaptics Touchpad on Ubuntu 8.10

nospam@example.com (BrudaSwen) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:14:12 +0100

If you ever want to enable the LockedDrags option (german: Weiterziehen) for your touchpad on Ubuntu 8.10, simply follow these steps:

Open a console window

Create a new .fdi file:
sudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/synaptics.fdi

Put the following lines into the file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<deviceinfo version="0.2">

  <device>

    <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">

      <merge key="input.x11_options.LockedDrags" type="string">True</merge>

    </match>

  </device>

</deviceinfo>

Restart Ubuntu (Restarting X-Server is not enough)

Test it by dragging around items on your desktop. Enjoy.

You can also use this method to enable SHMConfig [1].

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#shmconfig

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Enable LockedDrags for Synaptics Touchpad on Ubuntu 8.10