<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="direction: inherit;">Fair enough. I think you can make the mini config file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ like in the archlinux wiki link I sent.</div><div style="direction: inherit;"><br></div><div style="direction: inherit;">Also, relevant comic: <a href="https://xkcd.com/963/">https://xkcd.com/963/</a></div><br>Sent from my mobile device.</div><div><br>On Oct 29, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Robert Wilkens <<a href="mailto:robwilkens42@gmail.com">robwilkens42@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Thank You for the idea, though it's a little frightening trying to tinker with the xorg.conf (which doesn't exist by default). For now it's above my ability to do, but I'll try again when i have more patience.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-Rob</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 10/29/2016 02:33 PM, Anthony Biondo wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I think you can put synaptics settings in your Xorg config file (or a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>partial config file)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>See, for example,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Something like:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Section "InputClass"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Identifier "touchpad"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Driver "synaptics"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> MatchIsTouchpad "on"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Option "TapButton3" "2"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Option "ClickFinger3" "2"</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>EndSection</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Thu, Oct 27, 2016, at 07:40 AM, Robert Wilkens wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Three-Finger gesture which brings up the task switcher (alt-tab</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>equivalent) is a pain in the rear for me because i have shaky hands due</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>to medication (tremors), strange enough i like the two-finger scroll and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>don't want to lose that</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Googling for 20 minutes this morning, i eventually ran across these</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>commands:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>synclient TapButton3=2</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>synclient ClickFinger3=2</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Essentially it disables the three-finger-tap/click (if i understand it</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>right)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I was able to put this into my .bashrc so the first shell i open up will</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>turn this off</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>However, where is the "right" place to put this? So i don't have to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>open up a shell first.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Should i put this an an rc.d (init) startup script? Is there a shell</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>(unity) start-up script so i don't have to put it system wide?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>My ideal solution would not require root access (as /etc/rc5.d directory</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>entries would require), but I am willing to do that.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>-Rob</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lilug mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Lilug@lists.lilug.org">Lilug@lists.lilug.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org">http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lilug mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Lilug@lists.lilug.org">Lilug@lists.lilug.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org">http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Lilug mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Lilug@lists.lilug.org">Lilug@lists.lilug.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org">http://lists.lilug.org/listinfo.cgi/lilug-lilug.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>