cvs commit: src/sys/sys mouse.h src/sys/isa psm.c

[Nate Lawson]

Robert Watson wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Nate Lawson wrote:
>>  Modified files:
>>    sys/sys              mouse.h 
>>    sys/isa              psm.c 
>>  Log:
>>  Add support for the Synaptics Touchpad mouse driver.  I reworked the
>>  submitted version with style cleanups and changes to comments.  I also
>>  modified the ioctl interface.  This version only has one ioctl (to get
>>  the Synaptics-specific config parameters) since this is the only
>>  information a user might want.
> 
> 
> I haven't yet attempted to track down whether it was this specific commit,
> but sometime in the last few days, my notebook mousepad began behaving
> very strangely.  I'm seeing a few different symptoms:
> 
> - The touchpad is much more sensitive than it was before, making it
>   difficult to point it accurately at window borders, etc.
> 
> - When I hold down the mouse buttons to drag, that appears not to register
>   properly, so I can't resize windows easily.
> 
> - Sometimes, the mouse cursor appears to stall and not move.  It then
>   rights itself, but I'm not sure why.
> 
> psm now reports as "model Synaptics Touchpad, device ID 0" which I don't
> recall it doing previously.

Also, what is your mouse configuration (i.e. moused, X, xevent vs. 
direct psm0)?

-- 
Nate