synaptics problem

[Otávio Fernandes]

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

> Hi,
> 
> 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=1
> 
> It works, dmesg gives :
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0
> 
> moused_enable="NO"
> ps shows me that moused doesn't run.
> 
> xorg.conf :
> InputDevice     "Synaptics_Touchpad"    "CorePointer"
> ...
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Synaptics_Touchpad"
>         Driver          "synaptics"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/psm0"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "psm"
> ...
> 
> 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"
> (==) <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
> 
> 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)
> 
> any idea ? I didn't had this problem with 6.2 but may be I wasn't up
> to date with xorg.
> 
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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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