synclient(1)

synclient1

Commandline utility to query and modify synaptics driver options.

Usage

synclient [-lV?] [var1=value1 [var2=value2] ...]

Overview

This program lets you change your Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86 server parameters while X is running.

Options

-l

List current user settings. This is the default if no option is given.

-V

Print version number and exit.

-?

Show the help message.

var=value

Set user parameter var to value.

Files

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Examples

To disable EdgeMotionMinSpeed:

synclient EdgeMotionMinSpeed=0

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0–5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10–11
  8. 12–13
  9. Arch

-h until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -m until Debian 7 (Wheezy).

Authors

Peter Osterlund <[email protected]> and many others.

This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <[email protected]>

From xf86-input-synaptics 1.10.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.