Touchpad issues

[David Benfell]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 08:36:35AM -0400, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> On 7 August 2014 23:47, David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:22:34PM -0400, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I strongly dislike xorg taking over the kernel rôle of
> >> mediating hardware, so I don't have a HAL-ified xorg,
> >> & I have
> >> hw.psm.synaptics_support=1
> >> in my /boot/loader.conf
> >> & I use the old, simple "Driver" "mouse" with /dev/sysmouse
> >> (Options "Protocol" "auto").  Letting moused(8)
> >> handle the plugging & unplugging of USB mousies
> >> works fine & everything I need does what I need.
> >>
> No HAL at all (you have to build xorg-server from ports).  I also have
> hald_enable="NO" (& dbus_enable="NO") set in /etc/rc.conf because
> I simply dislike those abominations.  moused(8), handles USB mousies
> just fine for my purposes.
> 
> Set up basically just like https://wiki.freebsd.org/SynapticsTouchpad
> The default min_pressure of 16 has worked okay for a couple of
> years, it only reacts when my palm actually brushes the touchpad.
> 
Okay, thanks! I will give all this a try.

-- 
David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org>
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