From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 07:26:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A937E16A400 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F8E13C44B for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from victor.engmark@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s1so1194143nze for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:26:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=iVUv6Fmp+bwRqVehsqLaXMuOV91kNjNUNLExm/wwmNoQlN/gm3DmDQPmtpNhfYOmftdpYw3ER5XAK+UC7mvPNUw/aEt2tBbhCHc3pxqQhk+IYVk1A2gLAeeHzT/q66ZD7rQs+njHLWA4TD1ufmyHHI9mSux+1XmQ4tDO2GE8ngw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bKPlluJoGTxHYst46ecSajGH6hgXCYQlNw/QhCLb/RGL7aVPk/9rBi2eWOFsaiho3sxzrmxs9zsrO7u4oORdVdjw0htyXhGoiRFuq+tkDfaX8Z+K2gduxJme2DmyFiUfKBIcUvAs8/6j/lpd2jmP0zUL+qIj9lRXkNGDxLFZaaY= Received: by 10.114.122.2 with SMTP id u2mr1915678wac.1177917987172; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.79.14 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7d4f41f50704300026w68d5670fpda581e783ebf150f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:26:27 +0200 From: "Victor Engmark" To: "Matt Kosht" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7d4f41f50704270757v2c04ee20mc58a2561dc2dbc93@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:32:22 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: Dell D610 touchpad configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:26:28 -0000 On 4/27/07, Matt Kosht wrote: > On 4/27/07, Victor Engmark wrote: > > I'm attempting to configure my laptop properly for X.org, and the only > > device which doesn't work properly now is the touchpad. The tutorials > > I've seen so far seem to assume that all touchpads use the Synaptic > > driver, but this is the information I get at boot time, and which I > > assume is the touchpad: > > $ dmesg | grep psm0 > > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0 > > > > Apropos, "dmesg | grep -i synapt" gives no output, and "dmesg | grep > > -i mouse" only shows the PS/2 + the USB mouse. > > I have a Dell Latitude D820 (uses same synaptics touchpad as your) > with the same issue as you. There is another change required by the > driver to work correctly. > > you need to add this line in your /boot/loader.conf > > hw.psm.synaptics_support="1" > > This didn't make it work for me, but I would be curious if it did for > you and I can try to duplicate what you are doing. Sorry, I didn't mention this - I already added it (without the quotes; I guess they are not significant): $ grep synaptics /boot/loader.conf hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 -- Victor Engmark Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds profound