synclient(1)

1synclient(1)                General Commands Manual               synclient(1)
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NAME

6       synclient  -  commandline  utility to query and modify Synaptics driver
7       options.
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SYNOPSIS

10       synclient [-m interval]
11       synclient [-hlV?] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...]
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DESCRIPTION

14       This program  lets  you  change  your  Synaptics  TouchPad  driver  for
15       XOrg/XFree86 server parameters while X is running.
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17       For  the  -m  and -h options, SHM must be enabled by setting the option
18       SHMConfig "on" in your XOrg/XFree86 configuration.
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OPTIONS

21       -m interval
22              monitor changes to the touchpad state.  Interval  specifies  how
23              often  (in ms) to poll the touchpad state.  Whenever a change in
24              the touchpad state is detected, one line of output is  generated
25              that  describes  the current state of the touchpad.  This option
26              is only available in SHM mode.  The following data  is  included
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29              time   Time in seconds since the logging was started.
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31              x,y    The  x/y  coordinates of the finger on the touchpad.  The
32                     origin is in the upper left corner.
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34              z      The "pressure" value.  Pressing the finger harder on  the
35                     touchpad  typically  produces  a larger value.  Note that
36                     most touchpads don't measure the  real  pressure  though.
37                     Instead, capacitance is usually measured, which is corre‐
38                     lated to the contact area  between  the  finger  and  the
39                     touchpad.   Since  more  pressure  usually means a larger
40                     contact area, the reported pressure  value  is  at  least
41                     indirectly related to the real pressure.
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43              f      The  number  of  fingers currently touching the touchpad.
44                     Note that only some touchpads can report  more  than  one
45                     finger.   Generally,  synaptics  touchpads  can, but ALPS
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48              w      The w value is a measurement of the finger  width.   This
49                     is only supported by some synaptics touchpads.  Touchpads
50                     that can't measure the finger width  typically  report  a
51                     faked constant value when a finger is touching the touch‐
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54              l,r,u,d,m,multi
55                     The state of the left, right, up, down, middle and  multi
56                     buttons.  Zero means not pressed, one means pressed.  Not
57                     all touchpads  have  all  these  buttons.   If  a  button
58                     doesn't exist, the value is always reported as 0.
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60       -l     List  current user settings. This is the default if no option is
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FILES

73       /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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EXAMPLES

78       To disable EdgeMotionSpeed:
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82       To monitor touchpad events (requires SHM):
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AUTHORS

87       Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> and many others.
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89       This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>
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