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User Commands                                        synclient(1)



NAME
     synclient - commandline utility to query and  modify  Synap-
     tics 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 configura-
     tion.

OPTIONS
     -m interval
          monitor changes to the touchpad state.  Interval speci-
          fies  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.




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          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  but-
               tons.   If  a  button  doesn't exist, the value is
               always reported as 0.

          gl,gm,gr
               Some touchpads have a  "guest  device".   This  is
               typically  a  pointing stick located in the middle
               of the keyboard.  Some guest devices have physical
               buttons, or can detect button presses when tapping
               on the pointing stick.   Such  button  events  are
               reported as "guest left", "guest middle" or "guest
               right".

          gdx,gdy
               Pointer  movements  from  the  guest  device   are
               reported as relative x/y positions, called gdx and
               gdy.

     -l   List current user settings.

     -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  and many others.

     This man page was written by Mattia Dongili 





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SEE ALSO
     Xorg(1), syndaemon(1), synaptics(7)


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |               ATTRIBUTE VALUE              |
    |_____________________________|____________________________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-synaptics|
    |_____________________________|____________________________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Volatile                                   |
    |_____________________________|____________________________________________|








































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