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Date:      Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:53:24 +0200
From:      Michel Talon <michel@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Framebuffer driver?
Message-ID:  <20000925135323.A1021@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20000925131613.D16111@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:16:13PM +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 05:20:39PM -0400, Jim Weeks wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Graham Wheeler wrote:
> >  
> > > On a completely different note, what sort of touch pad do you have, and
> > > do you have any problems with it? I suspect that I may have faulty
> > > hardware, but it behaves much worse under UNIX (where I effectively get
> > > random key clicks) to under Windows (where the worst that happens is the
> > > cursor occasionally jumping) - although this could be attributed to the
> > > Windows driver using absolute mode with 6-byte packets which may make
> > > framing errors easier to detect.
> > 
> > Graham,
> > 
> > You and I have have discussed this before.  I have the Synaptics pad on my
> > Presario 1200XL and of course have the same problem.  
> > 
> > We know that the M$ drivers disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected
> > and the FreeBSD drivers do not.  I have only recently noticed that when I
> 
> Is that true? I have a laptop with a synaptics touchpad and everytime I
> hook a ps/2 mouse in it, the touchpad stops responding.
> And no, I don't see any problems like random key clicks, etc.
> 
Same for me, (Dell Inspiron 3500) but it is an option in BIOS to enable this
behavior.

-- 
Michel Talon


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