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Subject: Re: need I install synaptics Touchpad driver for FreeBSD
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This is a common issue with laptops. Here's my little fix - its been a 
solution I've been giving out that works:

in /boot/device.hints:

add this line:

hint.psm.0.flags="0x1000"

lemme know if it doesn't do the trick.
-Ben

Fabian Keil wrote:

>Huajian Luo <whatluo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>  
>
>>I've just buildkernel and xorg and foud that my compaq  ynaptics
>>Touchpad driver
>>can't work and I congfigure psm as the man page told me with no luck. and I hate
>>to use mouse while put the laptop on lap. and I just install xorg from
>>5.4 stable tree
>>and ion2 , so need I add sth in the xorg.conf in addtion to my
>>previous 5.3 configure?
>>    
>>
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>Try putting hw.psm.synaptics_support="1" in /boot/loader.conf.
>
>Fabian
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>