Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:26:10 +0100 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad working now Message-ID: <fot9ui$65f$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20080121213802.GA97348@cons.org> References: <20080121213802.GA97348@cons.org>
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Martin Cracauer wrote: > I couldn't make this work before, in case anybody else has this > problem: In my Thinkpad R40 I have a touchpad that can use the middle > mouse button (used not to work in PSM mode) and where the right border > of the touchpad is a scroll control. > > I use a Thinkpad R40, FreeBSD-6.3-stable/i386. > > Here's what to do: > - install Xorg-7.3 > - install usr/ports/x11-drivers/synaptics > > Follow pkg-message, in particular > > 1) > - /boot/loader.conf > hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 > and reboot > > Then I get > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0 > > 2) > > Make sure moused doesn't sit on the psm device. > > 3) > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf: > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "pad" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "Device" "/dev/psm0" > Option "Protocol" "psm" > EndSection > > The trick here, and it is not mentioned in pkg-message, is that you > must not have protocol set to "auto". The required event device > doesn't exist. Forcing protocol "psm" made it work for me. > > I now seem to get the full capabilities that I get under Linux when > using it under X11, but synclient still doesn't work. synclient seem > to be hardcoded to use SHM but Xorg under FreeBSD doesn't. > > Could somebody check whether this works for them? pkg-message should > be edited but I'd like another vote. > > Martin Yeah, it works. Thanks. And one does not even have to disable CorePointer as pkg-message suggests. The only unfortunate thing, however, is that one has to disable moused(8) which renders my touchpad useless in the console. :-/ I wish it could be shared somehow between moused and X11. Cheers, Martin
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