gentoo scribbles

getting synaptics to work with xorg 1.8.1
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d $ cat 20-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
EndSection

wpa_supplicant
/etc $ cat wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
#ctrl_interfact_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1

network={
ssid="NETWORK"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0=key-here
wep_tx_keyidx=0
}

make.conf

CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"

USE="imlib aqua jpeg tiff vim-syntax webkit qt3support kde consolekit gnome exchange kerberos ldap udev X acpi alsa bash-completion cairo cleartype dbus dvd gtk java jpeg laptop
mp3 mplayer nsplugin nvidia opengl openssl png samba sse sse2 sse3 sse4
sse4a sse5 truetype xft xscreensaver vorbis"

VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
LINGUAS="en_US"