From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 14:34:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155A916A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:34:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [66.111.41.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B4643D41 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:34:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 602FEFB; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EFF2B0; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:34:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Arne Schwabe In-Reply-To: <86n0188cfa.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> Message-ID: <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org> X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 14:34:25 -0000 On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Philip Paeps 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: > > > 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