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Date:      Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:20:25 -0600
From:      David <2yt@gmx.com>
To:        zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se, nonesuch@longcount.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 12.2-RC2 synaptics "tap to click"
Message-ID:  <921711d6-4cff-99ee-4c3a-13ccaa40237e@gmx.com>
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On 2020-10-12 13:06, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> On 2020-10-12 20:49, David wrote:
>> On 2020-10-12 12:08, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-12 19:02, David wrote:
>>>> On 2020-10-12 10:43, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>>>>> On 2020-10-12 17:08, David wrote:
>>>>>> On 2020-10-12 08:15, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2020-10-11 18:55, 2yt@gmx.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2020-10-11 09:39, Mark Saad wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 2yt
>>>>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0 Can you provide us some details , what do you have =
in your
>>>>>>>>> boot/loader.conf , etc/sysctl.conf
>>>>>>>>> and what do you have in your Xorg config ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /etc/X/11/Xorg.conf does not exist. (auto generate on startup) As
>>>>>>>> far as
>>>>>>>> I know, the only synaptics related setting I have is in
>>>>>>>> /etc/boot.conf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D"1"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the default on FreeBSD 12.2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for letting me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Attached are the files you requested and the output of sysctl
>>>>>>>> hw.psm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:29 AM <2yt@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I use a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th gen. After upgrading to 12.2 fro=
m
>>>>>>>>>> 12.1, I
>>>>>>>>>> lost=C2=A0 "tap to click" which worked perfectly in past releas=
es. Is
>>>>>>>>>> this a
>>>>>>>>>> know feature change? Is there a new sysctl variable that needs
>>>>>>>>>> set?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The other synaptics features are all working just fine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you show what xinput --list-props for the trackpad? (list with
>>>>>>> xinput --list-devices and then check which device is the trackpad,
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> xinput --list-props id-of-trackpad).
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for the troubleshooting help. The output you requested do=
es
>>>>>> show "Tapping Enabled" set to 0. Is this the problem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be.=C2=A0 You could try just running something like
>>>>> `xinput --set-prop 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' 'libinput Tapping
>>>>> Enabled'`
>>>>> and see if it helps.
>>>>> You can use the ID of the device instead of the name, but the ID mig=
ht
>>>>> change if you for instance boot the machine with an additional
>>>>> keyboard
>>>>> or something.=C2=A0 If it works, you can put it in your .xinitrc eor
>>>>> .xsession, and it should take effect every time you start X.
>>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Yes, running `xinput --set-prop 10 'libinput Tapping Enabled' 1` did
>>>> resolve the problem. I will update .xinitrc as a workaround.
>>>>
>>>> Question: is this problem unique to my laptop? Are other Thinkpad use=
rs
>>>> not experiencing this issue with 12.2?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you so much for helping me. I can't stand the clicking noise th=
e
>>>> touchpad makes.
>>>
>>> I don't know if others are experiencing this issue.=C2=A0 Myself, I've=
 had
>>> the xinput stuff (and some other things) in my .xinitrc for quite some
>>> time.
>>> Yours is the first report that I've seen about this.
>>> Regards
>>
>> In the next day or so I will do a fresh install to confirm whether it i=
s
>> a bug in 12.2 or an update/ssd corruption issue. Will update you with
>> the results.
>>
>> Thanks again for the help!
>
> There has been changes in how input devices are handled in FreeBSD xorg.
>  =C2=A0Most of them should have been visible in 12.1 already, but it mig=
ht be
> due to this.
> It is definitely not a bug, it might have been a default that changed
> with the various updates to xorg and friends, though.
> Regards

Of course you are correct, it is not a bug, rather an undocumented
feature change.

I did a fresh install of 12.2-RC2 then installed xorg and
drm-fbsd12.0-kmod but X wouldn't start. I had to install from ports
drm-fbsd12.0-kmod for X to work. The "tap to click" did not work.

Perhaps we could update the wiki
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SynapticsTouchpad to include the the
instructions to enable/disable "tap to click".




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