Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:51:05 -0600 From: "Brandon Bergren" <bdragon@FreeBSD.org> To: "FreeBSD PowerPC ML" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Touchpad not working on PowerBook G4 12" Message-ID: <1a003f47-56d2-4998-b67e-b6312c283aa0@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADb70N1YxoAo-Xw1iyZ5B-6VfbOaWhptHr9nhxM_4Ct_6udDpA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, at 1:30 AM, Omar Willey wrote: > Hi, > > I'm coming back to FreeBSD after a long, long absence and I've made it a > project to revive this PowerBook g4 aluminum 12" 640MB/867gHz with FreeBSD > 12.2 Do you have the specific model number handy? > > I've managed to get X working with a window manager and file manager for a > minimal desktop but I cannot get the touchpad to work in X at all. > > I first tried loading the wsp(4) driver as a module in /boot/loader.conf, > then tried the older atp(4) separately, but the device isn't binding to > /dev/atp0. These are for trackpads connected over internal USB, which were only on later PowerBook G4s and newer machines. Given the specs you listed I think it's likely that yours is one of the older ones that predate this type of touchpad. > > dmesg says: > > ams0: <ADB Mouse> at device 3 on adb0 > ams0: ADB Mouse = 0xd (Extended Mode) > ams0: 2-button 400-dpi Touchpad This is an ADB attachment, not a USB attachment. This implies that that your touchpad is at /dev/ams0. > > but no sign of /dev/atp0. No sign of /dev/wsp0, either, when I use the wsp > driver. I've added the traditional > > moused_enable="YES" > moused_port="/dev/atp0" > > to my /etc/rc.conf, but no dice. The problem seems to be that the ADB > device is detected but it never gets assigned the pseudo-device at > /dev/atp0 the manual says it's supposed to. Again, atp0 is only for a touchpad connected over an internal USB interface, not an ADB-interface touchpad. > > I've searched a bunch of advice on the issue on this list and FreeBSD > forums, but none of it is any more recent than 2013, except one unanswered > question from 2017 that is almost identical to mine. > > Do I also need something in xorg.conf.d? Or other voodoo? I'm not gonna die > if I have to use an external USB mouse (I am now), but I'd like the > touchpad to fall back on at the very least. > > --Omar > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Brandon Bergren bdragon@FreeBSD.orghome | help
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