Call For Testers: Synaptics touchpads

[Sergey V. Dyatko]

On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:21:10 -0700
Rui Paulo <rpaulo at me.com> wrote: 

> On Thursday 09 April 2015 10:00:40 Sergey V. Dyatko wrote:
> > On Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:27:28 -0700
> > 
> > Rui Paulo <rpaulo at me.com> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 09 April 2015 09:10:52 Sergey V. Dyatko wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:19:45 -0700
> > > > 
> > > > Rui Paulo <rpaulo at me.com> 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
> > > > > 
> > > > > in loader.conf.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Patch applied successfully (head, r280980).
> > > > 
> > > > with and without   hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 I have
> > > > 
> > > > [tiger at laptop]:~>synclient
> > > > Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
> > > 
> > > This isn't the xorg driver, so you can't use it.
> > > 
> > > > and mouse cursor moved soooo slooowly,
> > > 
> > > Is this a new problem with this patch?  You can adjust the speed in xorg.
> > > 
> > > > without  hw.psm.synaptics_support it
> > > > moved faster, vertical scrolling doesn't work in both cases
> > > 
> > > Ok, I just wanted to make sure there are no regressions.  I don't have
> > > your
> > > model, so it's hard to help you.
> > 
> > Now I revert patch, results:
> > 
> > booting w/o hw.psm.synaptics_support=1
> > * vscroll doesn't work
> > * buttons works fine
> > * mouse cursor moved slow (~ like without synaptics_support + your patch)
> > 
> > booting with synaptics_support enabled:
> > * vscroll works fine
> > * buttons doesn't work
> > * mouse cursor moved ok (fast)
> > * synclient works fine two figers too, after `synclient
> >   VertTwoFingerScroll=1`
> > 
> > So, it general, there is no large regression if I can adjust the speed in
> > xorg (now?). Just in case, I have following on xorg.conf:
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >         Identifier      "Mouse0"
> >         Driver  "synaptics"
> >         Option  "Protocol"              "psm"
> >         Option  "Device"                "/dev/psm0"
> > #       Option  "SHMConfig"             "on"
> >         Option  "LBCornerButton"        "1"
> >         Option  "RBCornerButton"        "2"
> >         Option  "MinSpeed"              "7"
> >         Option  "MaxSpeed"              "9"
> >         Option  "AccelFactor"           "0.0015"
> >         Option  "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5 6 7"
> > EndSection
> 
> Wait a second.  You're mixing sysmouse synaptics support with the xorg
> driver? That will probably not work very well.  My patch should be tested
> without the synaptics xorg driver.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "auto"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> EndSection
> 

with patch + synaptics support enabled and this:
*  buttons works
* vert scroll (one, two, three fingers) doesn't work
* mouse speed - slow

[tiger at laptop]:~>sysctl hw.psm.synaptics
hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_div_max: 150
hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_div_min: 100
hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_min_delta: 50
hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_ver_area: -600
hw.psm.synaptics.vscroll_hor_area: 0
hw.psm.synaptics.taphold_timeout: 125000
hw.psm.synaptics.tap_min_queue: 2
hw.psm.synaptics.tap_max_delta: 80
hw.psm.synaptics.div_len: 100
hw.psm.synaptics.div_max_na: 30
hw.psm.synaptics.div_max: 17
hw.psm.synaptics.div_min: 9
hw.psm.synaptics.weight_len_squared: 2000
hw.psm.synaptics.weight_previous_na: 20
hw.psm.synaptics.weight_previous: 6
hw.psm.synaptics.weight_current: 3
hw.psm.synaptics.multiplicator: 10000
hw.psm.synaptics.window_max: 10
hw.psm.synaptics.window_min: 4
hw.psm.synaptics.na_left: 1600
hw.psm.synaptics.na_bottom: 1408
hw.psm.synaptics.na_right: 563
hw.psm.synaptics.na_top: 1783
hw.psm.synaptics.margin_left: 200
hw.psm.synaptics.margin_bottom: 200
hw.psm.synaptics.margin_right: 200
hw.psm.synaptics.margin_top: 200
hw.psm.synaptics.max_width: 10
hw.psm.synaptics.max_pressure: 220
hw.psm.synaptics.min_pressure: 16
hw.psm.synaptics.two_finger_scroll: 1
hw.psm.synaptics.directional_scrolls: 0

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