From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 22:58:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ED1A106564A for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Received: from mxnip01-missouri-out.um.umsystem.edu (mxnip01-missouri-out.um.umsystem.edu [209.106.229.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE6F8FC17 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:58:57 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAH+MPU3RauUo/2dsb2JhbACEE6BYc4gnol6HXYhogSSBVwiBWXQEhHCJVQaIUw Received: from um-tsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu ([209.106.229.40]) by mxnip01-mizzou-out.um.umsystem.edu with ESMTP; 24 Jan 2011 16:29:52 -0600 Received: from um-tsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu ([209.106.229.35]) by um-tsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:29:52 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.69] ([173.202.227.194]) by um-tsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:29:52 -0600 Message-ID: <4D3DFD5F.7050602@missouri.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:29:51 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101206 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David DEMELIER References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jan 2011 22:29:52.0563 (UTC) FILETIME=[38095830:01CBBC16] Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: ALPS GlidePoint not detected on dell inspiron X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:58:58 -0000 David DEMELIER wrote: > Hello, > > A friend has a DELL Inspiron 1525 with an ALPS GlidePoint touchpad. We > have added hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 in his /boot/loader.conf but it > still detected as a standard ps2 mouse. > > Looking at sys/dev/atkbdc/psm.c : > 461 { MOUSE_MODEL_GLIDEPOINT, /* ALPS GlidePoint */ > 462 0xc0, MOUSE_PS2_PACKETSIZE, enable_aglide }, > > I'm guessing if his touchpad has 0xc0 as model, how can I check this? > > For the moment there is this in his dmesg: > > psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 > > psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > psm0: [ITHREAD] > > psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0 > > Cheers, I had the same issues with an ALPS glidepoint on a Dell Inspiron 1525. I think it is different than a synaptics. I don't know what problem you are trying to solve, but if you are trying to switch off the "tapping the touchpad" feature, I found an unusual solution two years ago: look at http://www.mavetju.org/mail/view_message.php?list=freebsd-mobile&id=2760915