Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:00:15 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] Re: Fwd: thinkpad and synaptics igor: fixed whitespace Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmntmCX9KKmCSkqgycp8k=wrp6AheKnL-C3fc6jJAC6BA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50D1BEAE.8030508@ose.nl> References: <20121217172902.GA1017@mycenae.sbb.rs> <CAO%2BPfDfFUL7C9x8o4PpC41xcmzbzQjEbAL5D02WUxDZFX=9L%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgn_N-R7K-NGrRpgXHXeR25BXgjuxZekmPhE4OC=WVSiPQ@mail.gmail.com> <50D1BEAE.8030508@ose.nl>
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On 19 December 2012 08:18, Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> wrote:
> On 12/19/2012 05:44 AM, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>
>> Someone want to turn this into an FAQ patch?
>
> Fixed whitespace issues
> I have not tested this yet, but I will tonight at home on my laptop.
Small nits fixed: see patch.
> I have omitted the line moused_nondefault_enabled="YES" in /etc/rc.conf as
> mentioned in the ports/148591 because this is default, but I made sure to
> mention that moused_enable="YES" should not be present in /etc/rc.conf
> because this will be when chosen so in bsdinstall.
Okay.
> Maybe this can be moved to the laptops article later on and have the FAQ
> refer to it?
> This could be done for all laptop specific items in the FAQ?
I'd rather not have the FAQ just be a list of links,
but yes, this should be integrated in the laptop article at some point.
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Eitan Adler
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commit c3c1a8af211d9e4724b18845dcfe6d03f0e5c92d
Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Wed Dec 19 08:57:53 2012 -0500
Answer the question "My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. Can I use it in
X?"
Submitted by: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
Reviewed by: -doc
Approved by: ??? (mentor)
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index 53421ef..b98b1ea 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -5411,6 +5411,46 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question id="x-and-synaptic">
+ <para>My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. Can I use
+ it in X?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>Yes, you will have to configure a few things to
+ make it work.</para>
+
+ <para>To use the &xorg; synaptics driver in X, you
+ <emphasis>must</emphasis> remove
+ <literal>moused_enable</literal> from
+ <filename>rc.conf</filename>. &xorg; can not use
+ the synaptics mouse if the moused already uses
+ <filename>/dev/psm0</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>To enable synaptics in &man.psm.4
+ add the following to
+ <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Also add the following to
+ <filename>xorg.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>Section "InputDevice"
+Identifier "Touchpad0"
+Driver "synaptics"
+Option "Protocol" "psm"
+Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
+EndSection</programlisting>
+
+ <para>As well as the following in the
+ <quote>ServerLayout</quote> section :</para>
+
+ <programlisting>InputDevice "Touchpad0" "SendCoreEvents"</programlisting>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
<qandaentry>
<question id="no-remote-x11">
<para>How do I use remote X displays?</para>
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