12.2-RC2 synaptics "tap to click"

[David]

On 2020-10-12 10:43, Niclas Zeising wrote:
> 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

Yes, running `xinput --set-prop 10 'libinput Tapping Enabled' 1` did
resolve the problem. I will update .xinitrc as a workaround.

Question: is this problem unique to my laptop? Are other Thinkpad users
not experiencing this issue with 12.2?

Thank you so much for helping me. I can't stand the clicking noise the
touchpad makes.