Added "syndaemon", a program that monitors keyboard activity

and disables touchpad tapping when the keyboard is being used.

Makefile

@@ -45,13 +45,16 @@ DRIVER = synaptics
 	$(RM) $@
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(_NOOP_) $*.c
 
-all:: $(DRIVER)_drv.o synclient
+all:: $(DRIVER)_drv.o synclient syndaemon
 
-install: $(BINDIR)/synclient $(INSTALLED_X)/lib/modules/input/$(DRIVER)_drv.o
+install: $(BINDIR)/synclient $(BINDIR)/syndaemon $(INSTALLED_X)/lib/modules/input/$(DRIVER)_drv.o
 
 $(BINDIR)/synclient : synclient
 	cp $< $@
 
+$(BINDIR)/syndaemon : syndaemon
+	cp $< $@
+
 $(INSTALLED_X)/lib/modules/input/$(DRIVER)_drv.o : $(DRIVER)_drv.o
 	cp $< $@
 
@@ -65,15 +68,22 @@ synclient.o	: synclient.c
 synclient	: synclient.o
 	$(CC) -o $@ $< -lm
 
+syndaemon.o	: syndaemon.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGSCLIENT) -c -o $@ $<
+
+syndaemon	: syndaemon.o
+	$(CC) -o $@ $< -lm -L$(INSTALLED_X)/lib -lXext -lX11
+
 testprotokoll: testprotokoll.c
 	$(CC) -o testprotokoll testprotokoll.c
 
 synaptics.o : synaptics.h ps2comm.h linux_input.h
 ps2comm.o   : ps2comm.h
 synclient.o : synaptics.h
+syndeamon.o : synaptics.h
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) *.CKP *.ln *.BAK *.bak *.o core errs ,* *~ *.a .emacs_* tags TAGS make.log MakeOut synclient "#"*
+	$(RM) *.CKP *.ln *.BAK *.bak *.o core errs ,* *~ *.a .emacs_* tags TAGS make.log MakeOut synclient syndaemon "#"*
 
 tags::
 	etags -o TAGS *.c *.h

syndaemon.c

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ipc.h>
+#include <sys/shm.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include "synaptics.h"
+
+static SynapticsSHM *synshm;
+static int pad_disabled;
+static int saved_tap_time;
+
+
+static void usage()
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: syndaemon [-i idle-time]\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "  -i How many seconds to wait after the last key press before\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "     enabling the touchpad.\n");
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+static void signal_handler(int signum)
+{
+    if (pad_disabled) {
+	synshm->tap_time = saved_tap_time;
+	pad_disabled = 0;
+    }
+    kill(getpid(), signum);
+}
+
+static void install_signal_handler()
+{
+    static int signals[] = {
+	SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGILL, SIGTRAP, SIGABRT,
+	SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGUSR1, SIGSEGV, SIGUSR2, SIGPIPE,
+	SIGALRM, SIGTERM, SIGPWR
+    };
+    int i;
+    struct sigaction act;
+    sigset_t set;
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    act.sa_handler = signal_handler;
+    act.sa_mask = set;
+    act.sa_flags = SA_ONESHOT;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(signals) / sizeof(int); i++) {
+	if (sigaction(signals[i], &act, 0) == -1) {
+	    perror("sigaction");
+	    exit(2);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return non-zero if the keyboard state has changed since the last call.
+ */
+static int keyboard_activity(Display *display)
+{
+    #define KEYMAP_SIZE 32
+    static char old_key_state[KEYMAP_SIZE];
+    char key_state[KEYMAP_SIZE];
+    int i;
+
+    XQueryKeymap(display, key_state);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < KEYMAP_SIZE; i++) {
+	if (key_state[i] != old_key_state[i]) {
+	    for (i = 0; i < KEYMAP_SIZE; i++)
+		old_key_state[i] = key_state[i];
+	    return 1;
+	}
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return non-zero if any physical touchpad button is currently pressed.
+ */
+static int touchpad_buttons_active()
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (synshm->left || synshm->right || synshm->up || synshm->down)
+	return 1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+	if (synshm->multi[i])
+	    return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static double get_time()
+{
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    return tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
+}
+
+static void main_loop(Display *display, double idle_time)
+{
+    const int poll_delay = 20000;	    /* 20 ms */
+    double last_activity = 0.0;
+    double current_time;
+
+    pad_disabled = 0;
+    keyboard_activity(display);
+	
+    for (;;) {
+	current_time = get_time();
+	if (keyboard_activity(display))
+	    last_activity = current_time;
+	if (touchpad_buttons_active())
+	    last_activity = 0.0;
+
+	if (current_time > last_activity + idle_time) {	/* Enable touchpad */
+	    if (pad_disabled) {
+		printf("Enable\n");
+		synshm->tap_time = saved_tap_time;
+		pad_disabled = 0;
+	    }
+	} else {			    /* Disable touchpad */
+	    if (!pad_disabled) {
+		printf("Disable\n");
+		saved_tap_time = synshm->tap_time;
+		synshm->tap_time = 0;
+		pad_disabled = 1;
+	    } else {
+		/* Already disabled. Update saved_tap_time if needed */
+		if (synshm->tap_time) {
+		    printf("Updating tap_time\n");
+		    saved_tap_time = synshm->tap_time;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+	usleep(poll_delay);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    double idle_time = 3.0;
+    Display *display;
+    int c;
+    int shmid;
+
+    /* Parse command line parameters */
+    while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "i:")) != EOF) {
+	switch(c) {
+	case 'i':
+	    idle_time = atof(optarg);
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    usage();
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    if (idle_time <= 0.0)
+	usage();
+
+    /* Open a connection to the X server */
+    display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+    if (!display) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "Can't open display.\n");
+	exit(2);
+    }
+
+    /* Connect to the shared memory area */
+    if ((shmid = shmget(SHM_SYNAPTICS, sizeof(SynapticsSHM), 0)) == -1) {
+	if ((shmid = shmget(SHM_SYNAPTICS, 0, 0)) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?\n");
+	    exit(2);
+	} else {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Incorrect size of shared memory area. Incompatible driver version?\n");
+	    exit(2);
+	}
+    }
+    if ((synshm = (SynapticsSHM*) shmat(shmid, NULL, 0)) == NULL) {
+	perror("shmat");
+	exit(2);
+    }
+
+    /* Install a signal handler to restore synaptics parameters on exit */
+    install_signal_handler();
+
+    /* Run the main loop */
+    main_loop(display, idle_time);
+
+    return 0;
+}