Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:34:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads Message-ID: <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <86n0188cfa.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org>
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> writes: > > Hi gang :-) > > Since the original synaptics support was added to psm, there have been > > some reports of malfunctions and missing magic. I've tried to fix all > > that, but it's still work in progress. > > If you happen to own a laptop with a synaptics touchpad, please help > > test: > > <http://people.freebsd.org/~philip/psm.diff>; > Not using the stick would be masochistic in my opinion ;) And some of us are of a diametricly opposed opinion. > Anyway pressing buttons of the touchpad and moving the stick gives > _strange_ effects but I think this time I motivate myself by not using > the synaptics XFree86 driver, so either I fix it or my mouse is broken > :) What I want to know is if this addition gives the ability to turn tapping, and the added features off. I hate having inadvertant changes in pressure be interpreted by the mouse driver as a tap. It's hugely annoying, and the first thing I do in Windows is turn all of it off. I want the pad to track position deltas, and when I want to push a button, I'll push a button. If I want to scroll around, I mouse over to a scroll bar, push a button, and move the mouse. That's another bunch of shit that immediately gets turned off in winodws. Software that attempts to be smarter than the user never is. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk>
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