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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:36:57 -0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ot=E1vio?= Fernandes <otaviof@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: synaptics problem
Message-ID:  <20080207203657.45d87889@nexus6.bluepex.com>
In-Reply-To: <1202334536.6146.10.camel@sarah.penia.org>
References:  <1202334536.6146.10.camel@sarah.penia.org>

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:48:56 +0100
Matthieu Bollot <mattboll@penia.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> I've recently installed FreeBSD 6.3, and I've got a problem with
> synaptics.
> I've installed it, followed the pkg-message :
> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D1
>=20
> It works, dmesg gives :
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0
>=20
> moused_enable=3D"NO"
> ps shows me that moused doesn't run.
>=20
> xorg.conf :
> InputDevice     "Synaptics_Touchpad"    "CorePointer"
> ...
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Synaptics_Touchpad"
>         Driver          "synaptics"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/psm0"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "psm"
> ...
>=20
> And here is a part of Xorg.log :
> (WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...
> (II) <default pointer>: Setting Device option to "/dev/psm0"
> (--) <default pointer>: Device: "/dev/psm0"
> (=3D=3D) <default pointer>: Protocol: "Auto"
> ...
> Synaptics DeviceInit called
> SynapticsCtrl called.
> (II) <default pointer>: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 3, hw.model is 13
> (II) <default pointer>: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
> (WW) fcntl(15, O_ASYNC): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Synaptics DeviceOn called
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psm0
> 	Device busy.
> (WW) Synaptics_Touchpad: cannot open input device
> couldn't enable device 3
>=20
> Protocol isn't psm, why ? Can I force it ?
> /dev/psm0 isn't used or it is used by Xorg (I saw it with fstat)
>=20
> any idea ? I didn't had this problem with 6.2 but may be I wasn't up
> to date with xorg.
>=20
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Hello Matthieu,

I have another sugestion to your synaptics:

http://people.freebsd.org/~dumbbell/synaptics/

This patch make synaptics work with moused and, for me, it's awesome !
The only matter is to emulate middle button you need to tap with 3
fingers.

best regards,

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