Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:36:35 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Touchpad issues Message-ID: <CAHHBGkrRX%2BAQmmyrxhaqyUQQHY0mnAp%2BXFNRGck%2BDDhmWaWRPw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140808034755.GA98543@home.parts-unknown.org> References: <20140802223804.GA42137@home.parts-unknown.org> <CAHHBGkpUmmLrXi_4W25HU=eDXyDyqCZzPunqAqHZrQLR3gvLtg@mail.gmail.com> <20140808034755.GA98543@home.parts-unknown.org>
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On 7 August 2014 23:47, David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:22:34PM -0400, illoai@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I strongly dislike xorg taking over the kernel r=C3=B4le of >> mediating hardware, so I don't have a HAL-ified xorg, >> & I have >> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D1 >> in my /boot/loader.conf >> & I use the old, simple "Driver" "mouse" with /dev/sysmouse >> (Options "Protocol" "auto"). Letting moused(8) >> handle the plugging & unplugging of USB mousies >> works fine & everything I need does what I need. >> >> I'm not saying this is the best way to handle it, but it >> does give edge scrolling & such, & a bunch of tunables >> under hw.psm that I've never fiddled with. It's a bit >> touchy for my taste, but dropping your wrists while >> typing is a bad habit anyway. >> >> I also don't know how well moused(8) works with a HAL- >> ified xorg & hot-plugging USB mousies, I don't care to >> test it. >> > Do you allow hald to run at all? If so, how do you tell it to ignore > the mouse? If not, am I overestimating the difficulty of dealing with > hot-plugged USB devices? > > When I am on the road, I will sometimes plug a trackball mouse into > the thing. It's *much* easier to deal with than the touchpad and it's > USB. > > As for sensitivity, that's my problem. If my wrists are within six > inches of that touchpad, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, it's > liable to move the cursor and sense a click. Text winds up getting > typed in completely the wrong places--which is a real problem when > you're a Ph.D. student writing 20-plus page tomes. > > To maybe--only maybe--limit this, I would have to type with my hands > held vertically, which is unlikely to be healthier or preferable > technique to letting your wrists drop. ;-) > No HAL at all (you have to build xorg-server from ports). I also have hald_enable=3D"NO" (& dbus_enable=3D"NO") set in /etc/rc.conf because I simply dislike those abominations. moused(8), handles USB mousies just fine for my purposes. Set up basically just like https://wiki.freebsd.org/SynapticsTouchpad The default min_pressure of 16 has worked okay for a couple of years, it only reacts when my palm actually brushes the touchpad. --=20 --
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