Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:23:03 -0700 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Call For Testers: Synaptics touchpads Message-ID: <2268970.zrlgrUFVDR@akita> In-Reply-To: <55265F29.7030008@gmail.com> References: <1849381.HnoQVUIgNM@akita> <55265F29.7030008@gmail.com>
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On Thursday 09 April 2015 13:14:49 David Demelier wrote: > Le 08/04/2015 09:19, Rui Paulo a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > The attached patch adds support for newer touchpad features and implements > > two finger scrolling. This is such a common feature these days that I > > think we should enable it by default and disable edge scrolling. I've > > implemented some detection code to keep edge scrolling enabled when the > > touchpad has a dedicated area for scrolling. > > Thank you very much, I always wondered why this was not supported in > FreeBSD. I also wonder if it will be tunable with the appropriate > GNOME/KDE (or just the synclient tool) settings to disable this > two-finger scroll at runtime. > > > Please test it and report back your experience. To enable synaptics > > support, you need: > > > > hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 > > I strongly suggest to enable this by default, it will prevent lot of > users having headaches seeking why their touchpads do not work by > default. We also added sound support by default, why not the touchpad ? :-). The logic to detect Synaptics could interfere with other input devices. That said, I plan on turning it on by default for a while to see what happens. -- Rui Paulohome | help
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