From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 29 02:46:24 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 ECF0616A4CE for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:46:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web40701.mail.yahoo.com (web40701.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B9F043D73 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:46:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wisco_disco@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040829024624.43988.qmail@web40701.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.208.53.189] by web40701.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:46:24 PDT Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:46:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Poland To: David Wolfskill In-Reply-To: <200408282000.i7SK00ws028814@bunrab.catwhisker.org> 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 Reply-To: doug@polands.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 02:46:25 -0000 > David Wolfskill wrote: > > Would this have anything to do with the mouse on a Dell laptop > > moving all by itself? When I boot with ACPI enabled on 5.2.1-R or > > 5.3Beta the mouse will simply go wild, moving all over the screen at > > will. This happens at the console and in X (both XFree86 and XOrg) > > Depends on the type of "pointing device(s)" available/in use: it's > fairly common for the "eraser head" (trackpoint) devices to do this. > The laptop in question has a trackpoint and touchpoint pad. I've never attempted to disable either device. So is it possible to disable one or the other, or both, to keep the mouse from going wild? -- Regards, Doug __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail