Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:22:44 -0400 From: colby stanley <colbystanley1986@gmail.com> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Precision 7520 laptop: built-in mouse "fail"; USB mouse OK Message-ID: <CAMej_BoKPiiSVZUSwHgXjKXf=rTrdETio-bhAC9qT5HUyrmUaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180317232059.GQ1094@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20180317163348.GO1094@albert.catwhisker.org> <e234833d1e32267358fd3d3022d7387d@kondratyev.su> <20180317232059.GQ1094@albert.catwhisker.org>
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Stop emailing me On Mar 17, 2018 7:21 PM, "David Wolfskill" <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 02:02:39AM +0300, Vladimir Kondratyev wrote: > > ... > > > However, while the mouse "just works" on the M4800, it does absolutely > > > nothing in FreeBSD (except create a stationary cursor). (It works > > > fine going into the BIOS setup and making adjustments to various > > > things, so this isn't a hardware issue, per se.) > > > > It's probably that your laptop has an ALPS touchpad: > > https://www.driveridentifier.com/scan/dell-inc-precision- > 7520-precision-sku07b0/desktop/F70B463F27B0466AA190E50F67469F64 > > Hmm... interesting page -- but I see some entries that are > definitely different from the machine I have, including: > > * NVIDIA graphics in my machine is a "Quadro M1200" (vs. "Quadro M2200") > * Wireless NIC is a Qualcomm Atheros part (vs. Intel(R) Dual Band > Wireless-AC 8265") > > > Unfortunately it is not supported by FreeBSD. > > > > I think the best you can do is to remove outdated "ALPS GlidePoint" from > > psm's driver probe list and play around hint.psm.0.flags in > > /boot/device.hints > > I'm confused: why would you refer to "ALPS GlidePoint" as "outdated"? > The laptop I'm currently usng (the M4800) seems to probe the trackpad > thus, and it has been working fine. Its predecessor (a Dell Precision > M4400) had similar hardware, with which I never had a problem,; I > strongly suspect that it was probed similarly. Likewise for the M4400's > predecessors.... > > > --- sys/dev/atkbdc/psm.c > > +++ sys/dev/atkbdc/psm.c > > @@ -680,8 +680,6 @@ static struct { > > 0x04, MOUSE_ELANTECH_PACKETSIZE, enable_elantech }, > > { MOUSE_MODEL_INTELLI, /* Microsoft IntelliMouse */ > > 0x08, MOUSE_PS2INTELLI_PACKETSIZE, enable_msintelli }, > > - { MOUSE_MODEL_GLIDEPOINT, /* ALPS GlidePoint */ > > - 0xc0, MOUSE_PS2_PACKETSIZE, enable_aglide }, > > { MOUSE_MODEL_THINK, /* Kensington ThinkingMouse */ > > 0x80, MOUSE_PS2_PACKETSIZE, enable_kmouse }, > > { MOUSE_MODEL_VERSAPAD, /* Interlink electronics > > VersaPad */ > > ... > > -- > > WBR > > Vladimir Kondratyev > > Thanks for responding, though! :-) > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Trump administration: victimizing the defrauded and supporting the > fraudsters > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. >
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