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Date:      Thu, 9 Apr 2015 15:41:59 +0200
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Call For Testers: Synaptics touchpads
Message-ID:  <20150409134159.GT20473@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <55265F29.7030008@gmail.com>
References:  <1849381.HnoQVUIgNM@akita> <55265F29.7030008@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 01:14:49PM +0200, David Demelier wrote:
> Le 08/04/2015 09:19, Rui Paulo a =C3=A9crit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > The attached patch adds support for newer touchpad features and impleme=
nts two
> > finger scrolling.  This is such a common feature these days that I thin=
k we
> > should enable it by default and disable edge scrolling.  I've implement=
ed some
> > detection code to keep edge scrolling enabled when the touchpad has a
> > dedicated area for scrolling.
>=20
> Thank you very much, I always wondered why this was not supported in=20
> FreeBSD. I also wonder if it will be tunable with the appropriate=20
> GNOME/KDE (or just the synclient tool) settings to disable this=20
> two-finger scroll at runtime.
>=20
> >
> > Please test it and report back your experience.  To enable synaptics su=
pport,
> > you need:
> >
> > hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D1
>=20
> I strongly suggest to enable this by default, it will prevent lot of=20
> users having headaches seeking why their touchpads do not work by=20
> default. We also added sound support by default, why not the touchpad ? :=
-).

While this is generally a good idea it would prevent the use of=20
hw.psm.trackpoint_support=3D1

But it would be aweseome to have both enabled. Could someone
investigate?

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