From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 21:45:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59ABC16CC66 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 21:41:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1636543D73 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 21:41:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Thu, 25 May 2006 14:41:33 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B746745043; Thu, 25 May 2006 14:41:32 -0700 (PDT) To: Fabian Keil In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 May 2006 18:32:18 +0200." <20060525183218.3534c423@localhost> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:41:32 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20060525214132.B746745043@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to disable 'click' of touch pad? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 21:46:03 -0000 > Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:32:18 +0200 > From: Fabian Keil > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > "M. Warner Losh" wrote: > > > How does one disable the brain dead feature of 'tap here means clean' > > of touchpads? The one I have on my HP Pavilion dv5140us is so > > sensitive that every dozen characters it 'clicks' and moves my cursor > > elsewhere :-(. > > As a ThinkPad owner I'd like to widen the question a bit. > > Is it possible to disable all ways to click on a touch pad > (disabling the touch pad buttons included), without disabling > the mouse stick buttons as well? > > I want to degrade the touch pad to a large virtual scrolling area > without the click-by-accident feature, for everything else I have > the mouse stick. > > I know that I can disable synaptics support, > that's not what I'm looking for. If you can dual boot Windows, this is easy. If not, it may be a bit hard, depending on the model of ThinkPad. If you still have Windows on the box, boot, log in, and Start->Run... Enter 'cmd' and click OK to bring up a DOS-like shell. In that shell, type 'PS2 ?' and find the item for TOUCHpad. I think the command is "PS2 TOUCH DISABLE". This is written to CMOS and will disable the touchpad for FreeBSD. IT will also make the TrackPoint a 3-button mouse. On newer version of ThinkPad, you can also get into BIOS at boot and do this, but older versions only allowed very minimal adjustments of the configuration in that way and PS2 is the only way to do this on those systems. While you are there, you might want to look at other options. I always disable suspend when the LCD is closed, enable the serial port and a couple of other things. If you don't still have Windows, you can go to the Lenovo web-site and download the DOS PS2 program. If you have a floppy, you can place this on a bootable floppy and go from there. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634