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From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:46:41 UTC

Hi all,

sometimes, reading documentation does help :-)
I followed the instructions at https://github.com/wulf7/iichid and added
this:

    ig4_load="YES"
    iicbus_load="YES"

to the already present

    iichid_load="YES"

in /boot/loader.conf, and now touchpad works.

cheers!
Michael

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 9:06 PM Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have another issue with my recent re-installation to Current: touchpad
> support seems to have vanished. I know it works because the keyboard lights
> up when I touch it, it also works under linux (dual-boot), and it worked
> with the previous installation of FreeBSD, where I installed iichid (and
> others, I guess) from the sources.
>
> I've been searching high and low for things to test or set, with no
> visible success:
> - create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> - add or remove various settings from /boot/loader.conf
>
> I have libinput and xf86-input-libinput installed.
>
> TIA for all and any advice/pointers/RTFMs.
>
> cheers
> Michael
> --
> Michael Schuster
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