Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:20:59 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Vladimir Kondratyev <vladimir@kondratyev.su> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Precision 7520 laptop: built-in mouse "fail"; USB mouse OK Message-ID: <20180317232059.GQ1094@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <e234833d1e32267358fd3d3022d7387d@kondratyev.su> References: <20180317163348.GO1094@albert.catwhisker.org> <e234833d1e32267358fd3d3022d7387d@kondratyev.su>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 02:02:39AM +0300, Vladimir Kondratyev wrote: > ... > > However, while the mouse "just works" on the M4800, it does absolutely > > nothing in FreeBSD (except create a stationary cursor). (It works > > fine going into the BIOS setup and making adjustments to various > > things, so this isn't a hardware issue, per se.) > > It's probably that your laptop has an ALPS touchpad: > https://www.driveridentifier.com/scan/dell-inc-precision-7520-precision-sku07b0/desktop/F70B463F27B0466AA190E50F67469F64 Hmm... interesting page -- but I see some entries that are definitely different from the machine I have, including: * NVIDIA graphics in my machine is a "Quadro M1200" (vs. "Quadro M2200") * Wireless NIC is a Qualcomm Atheros part (vs. Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265") > Unfortunately it is not supported by FreeBSD. > > I think the best you can do is to remove outdated "ALPS GlidePoint" from > psm's driver probe list and play around hint.psm.0.flags in > /boot/device.hints I'm confused: why would you refer to "ALPS GlidePoint" as "outdated"? The laptop I'm currently usng (the M4800) seems to probe the trackpad thus, and it has been working fine. Its predecessor (a Dell Precision M4400) had similar hardware, with which I never had a problem,; I strongly suspect that it was probed similarly. Likewise for the M4400's predecessors.... > --- sys/dev/atkbdc/psm.c > +++ sys/dev/atkbdc/psm.c > @@ -680,8 +680,6 @@ static struct { > 0x04, MOUSE_ELANTECH_PACKETSIZE, enable_elantech }, > { MOUSE_MODEL_INTELLI, /* Microsoft IntelliMouse */ > 0x08, MOUSE_PS2INTELLI_PACKETSIZE, enable_msintelli }, > - { MOUSE_MODEL_GLIDEPOINT, /* ALPS GlidePoint */ > - 0xc0, MOUSE_PS2_PACKETSIZE, enable_aglide }, > { MOUSE_MODEL_THINK, /* Kensington ThinkingMouse */ > 0x80, MOUSE_PS2_PACKETSIZE, enable_kmouse }, > { MOUSE_MODEL_VERSAPAD, /* Interlink electronics > VersaPad */ > ... > -- > WBR > Vladimir Kondratyev Thanks for responding, though! :-) Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Trump administration: victimizing the defrauded and supporting the fraudsters See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAEBCgB9FiEEzLfO+ReoAfQwZNd7FTnMQKBJ7hcFAlqtottfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEND QjdDRUY5MTdBODAxRjQzMDY0RDc3QjE1MzlDQzQwQTA0OUVFMTcACgkQFTnMQKBJ 7hdQxwf/fTMpGlxnLPIS4rqZvJBf5M6dEiDMQ5XfQjcGPl2ReDyVUMhw+I+Z9fzT FMUeBBFEBnvAG8UOiWyPfurr4Sq7zvz0Wv5CXvxS1wgz32gg+A62J0F9IHxinHqR 8fV1/d6FiUng73+f8ylLiy3T87+oAuVqFTzq/9cW/xtc6wFiUJvMkpTtmCZMeKIZ L48fj+tkEI2E8O6LZURZ103JDbovw5uVpLCsh4BCGvrMXO+TacQ1cigw9UtEDcXd h0hon1seR3OvzNrJ8tsJYFUu/nhhzIhZShpo9rD9I6C+gVjINbDUguCC+NSAhElB b8xJ0zrt4GZDZzE0CSzD9okUyFQiJw== =nkBZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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