I am using Debian 8.6 LXDE on a Powerbook G4 15" 1.67GHz and would like to enable tap to click on the touchpad. It is already double scrolling but tap to click would help to save the ageing mouse button. Two fingered tap for left click would be the icing on the cake, is this possible?
Debian Jessie
To enable the touchpad tapping permanently , copy the 50-synaptics.conf file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d then edit it by adding Option "TapButton1" "1" .
As root:
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
The /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf should be:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "3"
Reboot your system
Debian Stretch and Buster (updated)
Remove the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package. (important)
# apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Install xserver-xorg-input-libinput:
# apt install xserver-xorg-input-libinput
In most cases, make sure you have the
xserver-xorg-input-libinputpackage installed, and not thexserver-xorg-input-synapticspackage.
As root:
create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
Create the 40-libinput.conf file:
echo 'Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
restart your DM; e,g:
# systemctl restart lightdm
or
# systemctl restart gdm3
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