Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 05:29:11 +0300 From: Vladimir Kondratyev <vladimir@kondratyev.su> To: mobile@freebsd.org Cc: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Precision 7520 laptop: built-in mouse "fail"; USB mouse OK Message-ID: <b86f18c511391e6f4b97280e2635041f@kondratyev.su> In-Reply-To: <20180317232059.GQ1094@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20180317163348.GO1094@albert.catwhisker.org> <e234833d1e32267358fd3d3022d7387d@kondratyev.su> <20180317232059.GQ1094@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On 2018-03-18 02:20, David Wolfskill wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 02:02:39AM +0300, Vladimir Kondratyev wrote: >> It's probably that your laptop has an ALPS touchpad: >> https://www.driveridentifier.com/scan/dell-inc-precision-7520-precision-sku07b0/desktop/F70B463F27B0466AA190E50F67469F64 > > Hmm... interesting page -- but I see some entries that are > definitely different from the machine I have, including: > > * NVIDIA graphics in my machine is a "Quadro M1200" (vs. "Quadro > M2200") > * Wireless NIC is a Qualcomm Atheros part (vs. Intel(R) Dual Band > Wireless-AC 8265") Try to boot any modern Linux live cd and than grep boot log for "PS/2" string. It should give a clue to your trackpad model name. >> Unfortunately it is not supported by FreeBSD. >> >> I think the best you can do is to remove outdated "ALPS GlidePoint" >> from >> psm's driver probe list and play around hint.psm.0.flags in >> /boot/device.hints > > I'm confused: why would you refer to "ALPS GlidePoint" as "outdated"? Something that called "ALPS GlidePoint" support in current FreeBSD really does a button remap for 20 years old particular model rather then absolute mode activation and packet parsing as it should do. Moreover, there is a report that it just hurts: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218347 -- WBR Vladimir Kondratyev
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