Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:12:56 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: unsupported synaptics touchpad Message-ID: <CAN6yY1ve_giY9aeg2KEir9J9ikG_6xjEauy66OEhZROZXzJRwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <522DD2BA.1080705@dumbbell.fr> References: <20130822155651.GA32146@probe.unige.ch> <52171DE6.7030909@FreeBSD.org> <20130823091753.GA21594@probe.unige.ch> <52175C5E.2080007@FreeBSD.org> <20130823150007.GA31164@probe.unige.ch> <521E3828.9000605@FreeBSD.org> <20130829143122.GA757@probe.unige.ch> <5220A94F.6030800@FreeBSD.org> <5227A575.90805@dumbbell.fr> <20130909120645.GA5517@probe.unige.ch> <522DD2BA.1080705@dumbbell.fr>
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On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron < jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote: > Le 09/09/2013 14:06, Ke Sun a =C3=A9crit : > > Does that mean that I tap on the touchpad, and that I click the touchpad >> left >> button, is exactly the same button to X? >> > > Yes, when synaptics_support is disabled, we can't distinguish a physical > button from a tap. The only information received from the hardware is an > event saying "the user clicked using button #1" (ie. left button). > > > It is possible to disable this button and use the right button for >> left clicking by tunning xorg.conf? >> > > I don't think so, because the hardware is not configurable in this mode. > From X.Org PoV, you could remap button #1 (left button) or button #3 (rig= ht > button), but no matter what, the physical left button and the tap share t= he > same number, #1. > When looking at this sort of issue, xev(1) is your very good friend. It reports all mouse events including raw information into X as well as how X interprets it. (Also mouse moves, keyboard events, meta-key actions, etc. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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