12.2-RC2 synaptics "tap to click"

[Niclas Zeising]

On 2020-10-12 17:08, David wrote:
> On 2020-10-12 08:15, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>> On 2020-10-11 18:55, 2yt at gmx.com wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-11 09:39, Mark Saad wrote:
>>>> 2yt
>>>>    Can you provide us some details , what do you have in your
>>>> boot/loader.conf , etc/sysctl.conf
>>>> and what do you have in your Xorg config ?
>>>
>>> /etc/X/11/Xorg.conf does not exist. (auto generate on startup) As far as
>>> I know, the only synaptics related setting I have is in /etc/boot.conf
>>>
>>> hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"
>>
>> This is the default on FreeBSD 12.2.
>>
> 
> Thank you for letting me know.
> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Attached are the files you requested and the output of sysctl hw.psm
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:29 AM <2yt at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I use a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th gen. After upgrading to 12.2 from
>>>>> 12.1, I
>>>>> lost  "tap to click" which worked perfectly in past releases. Is 
>>>>> this a
>>>>> know feature change? Is there a new sysctl variable that needs set?
>>>>>
>>>>> The other synaptics features are all working just fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>
>> Can you show what xinput --list-props for the trackpad? (list with
>> xinput --list-devices and then check which device is the trackpad, then
>> xinput --list-props id-of-trackpad).
>> Regards
> 
> Thank you for the troubleshooting help. The output you requested does
> show "Tapping Enabled" set to 0. Is this the problem?
> 

It could be.  You could try just running something like
`xinput --set-prop 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' 'libinput Tapping Enabled'`
and see if it helps.
You can use the ID of the device instead of the name, but the ID might 
change if you for instance boot the machine with an additional keyboard 
or something.  If it works, you can put it in your .xinitrc eor 
.xsession, and it should take effect every time you start X.
Regards
-- 
Niclas