where is synclient file?

[marmarama]

hello!
 i want to enable tapping on the  touchpad. i installed xf86-input-synaptics and by default tapping is not enabled. i can enable it with
synclient TapButtons1=1 but after reboot i goes back to default.
i try to find where the synclient file is? in arch linux its stated its in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf . where is it in tinycore?
so i can edit it and keep changes permanently.
 thanks!

[Juanito]

as per the apps gui: /usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf

If you take a look at the file, it tells you where to copy it to in order to edit it - note that you would then need to add it to your backup.

[marmarama]

thanks for reply!
 but i still need help. i found the file but i dont know what to do next. i want change an option from TapButton1=0 to an option
TapButton1=1. how can i do that to make it persistent?

[Juanito]

As per the file:

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# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
Then you edit the file and then add "etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf" to /opt/.filetool.lst

[marmarama]

hi again!
 1.what does it mean to rename the file? its 50-synaptics.conf. i created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d but left in with the same name, i dont know what to rename it.....
 2 in my tinycore 5.4  /opt contains only backgrounds bootlacal.sh bootsync.sh and shutdown.sh and tcemirror files. there is no /opt/.filetool.lst.  do i have to create it?
 thanks!

[marmarama]

EDIT
sorry, i just found the filetool.lst, its a hidden file in /opt.
 but the first question remains-  what to rename the 50-synaptics.conf  ?
thanks

[Juanito]

In fact I don't believe you need to rename the file, you can copy it as-is to the folder /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

[marmarama]

hi!
 i added  "etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf" to /opt/.filetool.lst    and now after reboot i get the message   " failed in waitforX "
 any ideas how i can startX?
thanks 

[Juanito]

Instead of "startx", use this:

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/usr/local/bin/Xorg -nolisten tcp &..and check for error messages.

[marmarama]

hi!
thanks for answers,
 i did    /usr/local/bin/Xorg -nolisten tcp &  and got the answer     /usr/local/bin/Xorg  not found....

what else i can do?

[Rich]

Hi marmarama
It sounds like Xorg is not installed.

[marmarama]

hi!
 Xorg is installed. it was booting well but after i wanted to enable touchpad not just one time with synclient but make it permanent after reboot, i edited /etc and added to filetool.lst. but then i can boot only into command line..
 any ideas?

[Juanito]

I'm not sure if that's what you did or not, but you should only specify the file you edited and not all of /etc

[marmarama]

SOLVED!
thank you very much!
 what i did was type in command line    /usr/local/binXorg   .some big answer came out where i saw my typing mistake in line 38  of the file  i etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf       i edited it and now it works!
 thanks a lot again. tiny core rocks!