From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 25 4:53:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9289E37B422 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 04:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.10.0/jtpda-5.3.3) with ESMTP id e8PBrP984107 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:53:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from rose.lpthe.jussieu.fr ([134.157.10.102]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (8.9.1a/jtpda-5.3.1) with ESMTP id NAA28963 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:53:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from michel@localhost) by rose.lpthe.jussieu.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA01033 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:53:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from michel) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:53:24 +0200 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? Message-ID: <20000925135323.A1021@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <39CB6CB5.4DB77A68@cequrux.com> <20000925131613.D16111@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20000925131613.D16111@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message