Unhappy Xorg upgrade

[Robert Noland]

On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 13:09 +0800, Darryl Yeoh wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:33:55 -0500
> Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > If you want to use synaptics, the instructions in the port are still
> > correct I think.  Everything that I have right now is GlidePoint, but...
> > Essentially, you want to disable moused_enable="NO" (the default) set
> > the loader.conf tuneable and statically configure the touchpad in
> > xorg.conf to use /dev/psm0 and driver "synaptics" .  This wil not be
> > ignored by X, as it only ignores devices using kbd,mouse, or vmmouse
> > drivers.
> 
> My touchpad works much better now. Dmesg picks it up as:
> 
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0
> 
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log reports this:
> 
> (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.99.3
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
> (**) Option "SHMConfig" "on"
> (**) Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
> (**) Option "RightEdge" "5300"
> (**) Option "TopEdge" "1700"
> (**) Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
> (**) Option "FingerLow" "25"
> (**) Option "FingerHigh" "30"
> (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
> (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
> (**) Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "200"
> (**) Option "ClickTime" "0"
> (**) Option "FastTaps" "0"
> (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
> (**) Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100"
> (**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
> (**) Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
> (**) Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
> (**) Option "UpDownScrolling" "on"
> (**) Option "LeftRightScrolling" "on"
> (**) Option "ScrollButtonRepeat" "100"
> (**) Option "PalmDetect" "off"
> (--) Mouse0 synaptics touchpad found
> (--)  Synaptics Touchpad, model: 0
> (--)  Firmware: 6.3
> (--)  Sensor: 1
> (--)  new absolute packet format
> (--)  Touchpad has extended capability bits
> (--)  -> multifinger detection
> (--)  -> palm detection
> 
> Acceleration is much better now. Touchpad options are statically configured in xorg.conf.
> 
> > 
> > Additional mice can be added either via config or hald depending on your
> > settings for AllowEmptyInput and/or AutoAddDevices.
> > 
> 
> I have these two options in xorg.conf:
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>   Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
>   Option "AutoAddDevices" "off"
> EndSection
> 
> One thing I notice is sometimes left-clicks become right-clicks. I have to press both buttons
> simultaneously for the left-click to work normally again. It happens randomly. Are you experiencing
> this behaviour ?

I have only seen this after plugging and unplugging a usb mouse in
addition to the statically configured synaptics.  I think that it has to
do with the 3rd button detection.

robert.

> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Darryl
-- 
Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD
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