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[deane]

I quite like my HP tm2 laptop - I had problems for ages with it getting hot, but after finally working out how to get the vgaswitcheroo to work in debian (mainly it was a case of putting the kernel modesetting variables in different places for both sets of drivers and then actually *loading* the damned drivers!) it runs rather cool now - cooler than windows 7, in fact.

Now I can almost abandon windows for regular use, except when using it as a touchscreen laptop.

Yes, the touchscreen works fine, but it lacks the finesse that the windows setup has. Touching it immediately classes as a tap, so there's no drag-scrolling. It's also not possible to right click by pressing and holding or pressing and right tapping.

I'm assuming there must be a set of variables somewhere in a config file for the X side of the wacom drivers, and possibly some add-on software the make the experience a little more polished?

Oh, and don't suggest going to Ubuntu - I've tried numerous recent versions and just prefer Debian.

[Dutch_Master]

You are aware that X doesn't support multi-touch events, are you?

As for the "touch = click" issue, did you try and change the repeat-delay settings? (how much time between to touch-events to be seen as separate taps)

[deane]

I wasn't aware that X couldn't do multitouch, but the X config file settings look promising.

[deane]

I've tried to tweak my xorg.conf, but it appears that my system is using /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d and contains 20-wacom.conf as below:

[nelz]

xorg.conf.d is replacing xorg.conf. Instead of one monolithic file with hundreds of settings, you now have a separate file for each section of the settings. The effect is exactly the same, but it is simpler to manage.
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