Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:24:01 +0200 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads Message-ID: <20040809222401.GC14911@fasolt.home.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <86n0188cfa.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On 2004-08-09 07:34:24 (-0700), Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Arne Schwabe wrote: > > 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. If people want that option, we can provide a sysctl for it. I'd like to avoid turning psm into too much of a dumping ground though. Most of what it does should really already be done in moused... > I hate having inadvertant changes in pressure be interpreted by the mouse > driver as a tap. I see what you mean :-) > Software that attempts to be smarter than the user never is. Hardware that implements a kitchen-sink, a walk-in microwave and a hottub is really asking for it though *grin*. I'll see what I can do wrt sysctls to turn things off selectively. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip@freebsd.org subscribed to the list. No system is ever completely debugged: Attempts to debug a system will inevitably introduce new bugs that are even harder to find.
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