Re: Dell 5150 laptop and lost PS/2 touchpad

From: Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:16:55 -0800
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:10:57PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 17:08, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > and with/without apic compiled into the kernel.  After
> > looking through psm.c, I added
> > 
> > hint.psm.0.flags="0x1000"   # Ignore error in Aux Port test
> > 
> > to /boot/device.hints.   A verbose boot shows:
> > 
> > psm0: current command byte:0065
> > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x1000 irq 12 on atkbdc0
> > psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0-00, 2 buttons
> > psm0: config:00001000, flags:00000000, packet size:3
> > psm0: syncmask:c0, syncbits:00
> > 
> > and moused(8) seems to be happy.  I haven't looked closer
> > at the problem, yet.  However, with the impending release
> > of 5.2, an erratum may be in order.
> 
> Have a look at my 5150 tips at
> http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=147.
> 

Joe,

Thanks for the URL.  My next chores are the update acpi on
the dell and install XFree86.

-- 
Steve
Received on Tue Dec 23 2003 - 13:16:56 UTC

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