OK,
Found a laptop that tap *did* work.  Then installed the rpm I had rebuilt, and
now the tapping *doesn't* work.  So for me it works.  But this is a really
really old laptop.
Anyway, my recompiled rpm is at
http://home.fnal.gov/~dawson/temp/tpconfig-3.1.3-1.i386.rpm
If it works for you, we'll see about getting it in the contrib section.
Troy

Troy Dawson wrote:
> Well, a little further testing and I found out why mine worked.  Because
> even
> without tpconfig the tapping doesn't work.  So ... disregard what I said
> about
> it working.
>
> Troy
>
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>
>> Troy...
>>
>> I installed the rpm that does the scripts for you. The scripts are
>> enabled.
>>
>> I corresponded with the keeper of tpconfig, and he had me go through some
>> troubleshooting. I went to single user mode and ran the program. It
>> identified
>> my Alps pad and said it disabled it. When I startx, it is no longer
>> disabled.
>> He seems to think that there is something in the way that X is started
>> that
>> restarts the tap.
>>
>> I got the binary from the http://compass.com/synaptics/ page.
>>
>> The laptop is a Dell Latitude 840.
>>
>> Regards...   Tom
>>
>>> OK, so this intrigued me, so I thought I'd try it out.
>>> I downloaded their src.rpm, recompiled it, then tried it on S.L.
>>> 3.0.1 on an
>>> older laptop.
>>> I believe it worked as it should.  I could still use the glide mouse,
>>> but I
>>> could no longer do the taps to select things (I had to use the
>>> buttons), which
>>> I believe is what you want.
>>>
>>> So, the questions are ... where did you get your tpconfig?  and what
>>> type of
>>> laptop do you have?  Is it supported?
>>>
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