Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 00:54:55 -0700 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: al plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Touchpad issues Message-ID: <20140809075455.GB50165@home.parts-unknown.org> In-Reply-To: <53E53DB2.8040609@hdk5.net> References: <20140802223804.GA42137@home.parts-unknown.org> <CAHHBGkpUmmLrXi_4W25HU=eDXyDyqCZzPunqAqHZrQLR3gvLtg@mail.gmail.com> <20140808034755.GA98543@home.parts-unknown.org> <53E53DB2.8040609@hdk5.net>
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 11:14:26AM -1000, al plant wrote:
> David Benfell wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 12:22:34PM -0400, illoai@gmail.com wrote:
> > =20
> >> I strongly dislike xorg taking over the kernel r=F4le of
> >> mediating hardware, so I don't have a HAL-ified xorg,
> >> & I have
> >> hw.psm.synaptics_support=3D1
> >> 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.
> >>
> I have a Linux HP net book and I cant go near the touchpad or it clicks.
> I contacted HP and they said they know this happens with some people.=20
> The small switch (iluminated white) above the pad can be depressed to=20
> deactivate the pad.
> They tell you to use a USB wireless logitech mouse.
> This works fine.
>=20
The non-hal solution seems to work tolerably. It's no worse than what
I had. The one thing I notice is that moused doesn't seem quite as
stable as however it is a hal-ified xorg manages it. On the other
hand, and this is the part that seems a win to me, the recovery is
simple. One can simply go to a tty--what do you call those things
anyway that are prior to xorg and accessible with
<ctrl><alt><fx>?--and issue:
service moused restart
If something like that happens with the hal version, you have to
restart xorg, which could be a lot more disruptive.
--=20
David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org>
See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you don't understand the
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