Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:42:03 +0100 From: "Paul A. Mayer" <paul@fnug.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad support Message-ID: <3E47BA3B.6050300@fnug.net> In-Reply-To: <3E4795FD.5B614232@mindspring.com> References: <20030209220457.GA23187@papagena.rockefeller.edu> <3E477889.9060100@fnug.net> <3E4795FD.5B614232@mindspring.com>
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Hi, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Paul A. Mayer" wrote: > > > You actually lose the tap/tap-tap click and doubleclick button > emulation with the new driver, and, as you note, the pressure > sensitivity. > > Both of these issues were noted when the driver was posted for > review. It semed the consensus at the time that until at least > the tap/tap-tap was brought back (via software emulation), the > driver would not be replaced, only optioned. You can check the > list archives for details, I think. I wasn't aware of the prehistory ... (Rahul's link in another post was very interesting.) > > The "pressure sensitivity is, I think, really an area sensitivity > and not a real pressure sensitivity (I can't imagine actually > losing an axis of data!). That would mean, like the tap/tap-tap, > it could be emulated in software. It would be interesting to get this back. I can (and have) lived without the "roller" buttons, but I wasn't aware of how used I had become to tapping instead of clicking. > > Probably the best thing to do would be to disassemble the BIOS on > your box, knowing the difference between the older driver's interface, > and use the same techniques that were hidden from the older driver > (and "just built in" instead). This is certainly beyond my technical understanding! /Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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