Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:32:13 -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: <CAF6rxgkRvUSaAS6X5abKEBEP-iW%2B_B1ND50W7gafrboz8nC2aA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50D23E7A.90103@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> <CAF6rxgmntmCX9KKmCSkqgycp8k=wrp6AheKnL-C3fc6jJAC6BA@mail.gmail.com> <50D1CF0E.7020001@ose.nl> <50D1EF7D.9010909@rdtan.net> <50D1F31A.7080502@ose.nl> <50D1FA9F.4010808@rdtan.net> <50D2052F.8090602@ose.nl> <CAF6rxgnpNybJ0s0EZDP3UQwBaEO=vNDsHirNM04om4Fgg=-p=A@mail.gmail.com> <50D20852.90407@ose.nl> <CAF6rxgkMZ0g%2B_7QD_MvYOzgTS=GeEZNjKP%2B_yvW4hpTLGMCpcQ@mail.gmail.com> <50D23E7A.90103@ose.nl>
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On 19 December 2012 17:23, Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> wrote:
> Just three minor changes.
One tiny change - is this good? If so, I'll send it to bcr/jkois.
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Eitan Adler
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commit cc9adc0141de9e5c96ed4f5495e1900972f94442
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 284be46..3311726 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -5451,8 +5451,8 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting>
&man.syscons.4; supports a virtual device called
<devicename>/dev/sysmouse</devicename>. All mouse events
received from the real mouse device are written to the
- &man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. If you wish to
- use your mouse on one or more virtual consoles,
+ &man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. To use your
+ mouse on one or more virtual consoles,
<emphasis>and</emphasis> use X, see <xref
linkend="moused" remap="another section"/> and set up
&man.moused.8;.</para>
@@ -5533,6 +5533,45 @@ 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>If you plan to use the Xorg synaptics driver you
+ <emphasis>must</emphasis> remove moused_enable from
+ <filename>rc.conf</filename>. Xorg can not use
+ the synaptics mouse if the moused already sits on
+ <filename>/dev/psm0</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>To enable synaptics in the &man.psm.4 driver you need
+ to add the following into
+ <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"</programlisting>
+
+ <para>You also need the following into your
+ <filename>xorg.conf</filename> :</para>
+
+ <programlisting>Section "InputDevice"
+Identifier "Touchpad0"
+Driver "synaptics"
+Option "Protocol" "psm"
+Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
+EndSection</programlisting>
+
+ <para>And be sure to add the following into 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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