From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 10 20:10:19 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC1E37B401 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:10:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7283043FA3 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:10:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mbsd@pacbell.net) Received: from atlas ([64.166.22.106]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 1.6 (built Oct 18 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HA400CYXM94ND@mta5.snfc21.pbi.net> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:10:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:10:16 -0800 (PST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad support In-reply-to: <3E4795FD.5B614232@mindspring.com> X-X-Sender: mikko@atlas.home To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Paul A. Mayer" , Rahul Siddharthan , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-id: <20030210195536.X70415-100000@atlas.home> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: [...] > You actually lose the tap/tap-tap click and doubleclick button > emulation with the new driver, and, as you note, the pressure > sensitivity. [...] > 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). I doubt that would help. The mousepad can operate in two different modes, in the basic mode you get built-in tapping, but only two buttons, in the other mode you get more information (e.g. all buttons), but have to figure out the tap action yourself from the pressure delta over time. The behavior is documented by the manufacturer (synaptics.com.tw), who actually provides specs on-line (whee!). $.02, /Mikko (who likes using all buttons and have learned to live without tapping...) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message