From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 22:24:04 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 0F9DC16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:24:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.nixsys.be (gateway.nixsys.be [195.144.77.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B97E43D46 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 22:24:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from erda.home.paeps.cx (erda.home.paeps.cx [IPv6:2001:838:37f:10::1]) by gateway.nixsys.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA58054 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:24:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fasolt.home.paeps.cx (fasolt.home.paeps.cx [10.0.0.2]) by erda.home.paeps.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B9692120 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:23:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fasolt.home.paeps.cx (philip@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i79MO2QJ015791 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:24:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip@fasolt.home.paeps.cx) Received: (from philip@localhost) by fasolt.home.paeps.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i79MO2s6015790 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:24:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from philip) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:24:01 +0200 From: Philip Paeps To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040809222401.GC14911@fasolt.home.paeps.cx> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <86n0188cfa.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040809072854.I22209-100000@moo.sysabend.org> X-Date-in-Rome: ante diem V Idius Augustas MMDCCLVII ab Urbe Condida X-PGP-Fingerprint: FA74 3C27 91A6 79D5 F6D3 FC53 BF4B D0E6 049D B879 X-Message-Flag: Get a proper mailclient! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i 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 22:24:04 -0000 On 2004-08-09 07:34:24 (-0700), Jamie Bowden 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.