Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:01:06 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finally got touchpad working on Dell Precision 7520 Message-ID: <D5BCA79B-D0EA-4822-8F4A-B924895054F4@grem.de> In-Reply-To: <YDug7TKRNIGdJZRS@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <YDug7TKRNIGdJZRS@albert.catwhisker.org>
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> On 28. Feb 2021, at 14:56, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFTurns out that the touchpad on the Precision 7520 (and likely sev= eral > other "newer" (last few years) laptops uses I2C. >=20 > For stable/12, I had built/installed the sysutils/iichid port; > iichid is part of base FreeBSD in stable/13 and head. And while > the mouse works (under X11 -- not on a vty) in stable/13 & head; > it still does not work under stable/12. >=20 > I had appended: >=20 > hw.usb.usbhid.enable=3D1 > iichid_load=3D"YES" >=20 >=20 > to /boot/loader.conf for each of stable/12, stable/13, and head. For > the latter two, I see several additional kernle modules brought in (such > as hms.ko, hidmap.ko, and hkbd.ko); I don't see them either in base > stable/12 or in ports (though I may not know where to look). >=20 > But it's progress! >=20 Hi David, Did you already try sysutils/iichid on 12? (its functionality was merged int= o 13 not too long ago). Cheers, Michael p.s. Meant to write you yesterday, but somehow got distracted > Peace, > david > --=20 > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > It is supremely disingenuous to claim a lack of jurisdiction, then =20 > proceed to participate in a decision on the same matter. >=20 > See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.
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