Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:29 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad driver Message-ID: <d356c5630808211220k1b0d5ba8ndda17b0eee73ea61@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48ADB519.7050300@gmail.com> References: <48ADB519.7050300@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM, michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> wrote: > after following this from pkg-message: the touchpad is not detected, and > is still listed as just a mouse in the Xorg log. anyone getting something > similar to this? > machine is a HP DV2000, exact model is dv2225nr. > default generic kernel from 7.0-Release. > nvidia driver, ndis, are the only additions. > > ################################### > o Add boot time tunable to /boot/loader.conf. > Set hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 and shutdown -r now! > > /boot/loader.conf --------------------------------- > hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 > --------------------------------------------------- > > o Don't run moused(8) daemon. > Dont' set moused_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. > > /etc/rc.conf -------------------------------------- > moused_enable="NO" > --------------------------------------------------- > ############################################ > I have a synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 8100 that works fine in FreeBSD 7.0. During the mouse device configuration of the installation process, all I had to do was indicate that the system has a serial mouse, and then activate it. I learned this the hard way during a previous installation when I indicated that I did not have a serial mouse, and the system failed to recognize the touchpad. Individual modules/functions of sysinstall can be run post-installation. As root, execute 'sysinstall', select Index, and then look for the module for mouse configuration. I hope this helps. Andrew
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