Re: Call For Testers: Synaptics touchpads

From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb_at_hardenedbsd.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 16:30:32 -0400
On Apr 8, 2015 4:27 PM, "Lars Engels" <lars.engels_at_0x20.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 01:32:06PM -0400, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 09:19 -0700, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 08 April 2015 09:13:51 Shawn Webb wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 00:19 -0700, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > The attached patch adds support for newer touchpad features and
implements
> > > > > two finger scrolling.  This is such a common feature these days
that I
> > > > > think we should enable it by default and disable edge scrolling.
I've
> > > > > implemented some detection code to keep edge scrolling enabled
when the
> > > > > touchpad has a dedicated area for scrolling.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please test it and report back your experience.  To enable
synaptics
> > > > > support, you need:
> > > > >
> > > > > hw.psm.synaptics_support=1
>
> Did you add this to loader.conf?
> >
> > It's not working in the slightest to me. Looking at the patch, you
> > expose additional sysctls. None of those sysctls are visible to me. Is
> > there something I need to do besides apply the patch and recompile my
> > kernel? If not, then the patch doesn't work in the slightest.
>
> Does "grep -i synaptics /var/run/dmesg.boot" show anything?

I ran through some tests, it looks like my synaptics touchpad isn't
supported. I'll have to add support for the device itself before his patch
is useful.
Received on Wed Apr 08 2015 - 18:30:40 UTC

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