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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:08:46 +0200
From:      Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>
To:        David <2yt@gmx.com>, nonesuch@longcount.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 12.2-RC2 synaptics "tap to click"
Message-ID:  <b11ca47b-33b7-753e-d6bc-84699eacf1bc@daemonic.se>
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On 2020-10-12 19:02, David wrote:
> On 2020-10-12 10:43, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>> On 2020-10-12 17:08, David wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-12 08:15, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>>>> On 2020-10-11 18:55, 2yt@gmx.com wrote:
>>>>> On 2020-10-11 09:39, Mark Saad wrote:
>>>>>> 2yt
>>>>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0 Can you provide us some details , what do you have in=
 your
>>>>>> boot/loader.conf , etc/sysctl.conf
>>>>>> and what do you have in your Xorg config ?
>>>>>
>>>>> /etc/X/11/Xorg.conf does not exist. (auto generate on startup) As
>>>>> far as
>>>>> I know, the only synaptics related setting I have is in /etc/boot.c=
onf
>>>>>
>>>>> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D"1"
>>>>
>>>> This is the default on FreeBSD 12.2.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for letting me know.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached are the files you requested and the output of sysctl hw.ps=
m
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:29 AM <2yt@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th gen. After upgrading to 12.2 from
>>>>>>> 12.1, I
>>>>>>> lost=C2=A0 "tap to click" which worked perfectly in past releases=
. Is
>>>>>>> this a
>>>>>>> know feature change? Is there a new sysctl variable that needs se=
t?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The other synaptics features are all working just fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Can you show what xinput --list-props for the trackpad? (list with
>>>> xinput --list-devices and then check which device is the trackpad, t=
hen
>>>> xinput --list-props id-of-trackpad).
>>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Thank you for the troubleshooting help. The output you requested does
>>> show "Tapping Enabled" set to 0. Is this the problem?
>>>
>>
>> It could be.=C2=A0 You could try just running something like
>> `xinput --set-prop 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' 'libinput Tapping=20
>> Enabled'`
>> and see if it helps.
>> You can use the ID of the device instead of the name, but the ID might
>> change if you for instance boot the machine with an additional keyboar=
d
>> or something.=C2=A0 If it works, you can put it in your .xinitrc eor
>> .xsession, and it should take effect every time you start X.
>> Regards
>=20
> Yes, running `xinput --set-prop 10 'libinput Tapping Enabled' 1` did
> resolve the problem. I will update .xinitrc as a workaround.
>=20
> Question: is this problem unique to my laptop? Are other Thinkpad users
> not experiencing this issue with 12.2?
>=20
> Thank you so much for helping me. I can't stand the clicking noise the
> touchpad makes.

I don't know if others are experiencing this issue.  Myself, I've had=20
the xinput stuff (and some other things) in my .xinitrc for quite some ti=
me.
Yours is the first report that I've seen about this.
Regards
--=20
Niclas



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