[Solved] Persistent touchpad settings?

[kgha]

Haven't been able to set up xorg.conf to solve the issue. Following gapan's advice I created the following file and saved it as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf :

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Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "touchpad"
       Driver "synaptics"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
              Option "TapButton2" "3"
              Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
EndSection

but that doesn't give the desired outcome.

'synclient -l' gives me current touchpad settings. I guess they must be stored in a file somewhere, which can be edited, but no idea where to find it.

Since my homemade solution adding lines to /etx/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart works, no big deal. But IMHO things were easier when one had a 'proper' xorg.conf file to fiddle with (really easy with gxorgmaker)

[mimosa]

The equivalent file here is differently named, and you need to edit that file, not create a new one "10-synaptics.conf". Try:

ls /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/

[kgha]

Yes, I can see from your previous posting that in your case the file was named /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf , not 10-synaptics.conf
However, on my install there was no folder /xorg.conf.d/ and consequently no files to edit. What I did was to create the folder, and then I named the file after gapan's post.
Maybe I need to add something to /etc/udev/rules.d/ as well?

[mimosa]

What Salix flavour are you using? I see you've got LXDE ... so maybe it doesn't deal with this in the same way. Anyway, you've solved the practical problem with autostart.

[kgha]

Yes, I've wondered if it has something to do with lxde. But as you say, the practical problem is solved. Thanks for input and comments!