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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 =E9crit :
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > The attached patch adds support for newer touchpad features and imp=
lements
> > two finger scrolling.  This is such a common feature these days tha=
t 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> > Please test it and report back your experience.  To enable synaptic=
s
> > support, you need:
> >=20
> > hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D1
>=20
> 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=20
said, I plan on turning it on by default for a while to see what happen=
s.

--=20
Rui Paulo



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