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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:06:09 +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:  <f3828523-1bd8-844a-1de3-88649e0e2dc6@daemonic.se>
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On 2020-10-12 20:49, David wrote:
> On 2020-10-12 12:08, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>> 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.conf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.=
psm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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 fro=
m
>>>>>>>>> 12.1, I
>>>>>>>>> lost=C2=A0 "tap to click" which worked perfectly in past releas=
es. Is
>>>>>>>>> this a
>>>>>>>>> know feature change? Is there a new sysctl variable that needs=20
>>>>>>>>> set?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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,
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> xinput --list-props id-of-trackpad).
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the troubleshooting help. The output you requested do=
es
>>>>> 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
>>>> Enabled'`
>>>> and see if it helps.
>>>> You can use the ID of the device instead of the name, but the ID mig=
ht
>>>> change if you for instance boot the machine with an additional keybo=
ard
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> Yes, running `xinput --set-prop 10 'libinput Tapping Enabled' 1` did
>>> resolve the problem. I will update .xinitrc as a workaround.
>>>
>>> Question: is this problem unique to my laptop? Are other Thinkpad use=
rs
>>> not experiencing this issue with 12.2?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for helping me. I can't stand the clicking noise th=
e
>>> touchpad makes.
>>
>> I don't know if others are experiencing this issue.=C2=A0 Myself, I've=
 had
>> the xinput stuff (and some other things) in my .xinitrc for quite some
>> time.
>> Yours is the first report that I've seen about this.
>> Regards
>=20
> In the next day or so I will do a fresh install to confirm whether it i=
s
> a bug in 12.2 or an update/ssd corruption issue. Will update you with
> the results.
>=20
> Thanks again for the help!

There has been changes in how input devices are handled in FreeBSD xorg.=20
  Most of them should have been visible in 12.1 already, but it might be=20
due to this.
It is definitely not a bug, it might have been a default that changed=20
with the various updates to xorg and friends, though.
Regards
--=20
Niclas



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