From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 22 14:21:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net (snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1070637B423 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veager.siteplus.net (1Cust174.tnt9.chattanooga.tn.da.uu.net [63.39.120.174]) by snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA04551; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Weeks To: Graham Wheeler Cc: Antony T Curtis , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? In-Reply-To: <39CB6CB5.4DB77A68@cequrux.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Graham Wheeler wrote: > On a completely different note, what sort of touch pad do you have, and > do you have any problems with it? I suspect that I may have faulty > hardware, but it behaves much worse under UNIX (where I effectively get > random key clicks) to under Windows (where the worst that happens is the > cursor occasionally jumping) - although this could be attributed to the > Windows driver using absolute mode with 6-byte packets which may make > framing errors easier to detect. Graham, You and I have have discussed this before. I have the Synaptics pad on my Presario 1200XL and of course have the same problem. We know that the M$ drivers disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected and the FreeBSD drivers do not. I have only recently noticed that when I have a mouse attached I can use the touchpad with out the erratic behavior. I know that you have worked extensively on this problem and probably know the answer to this. Could the spurious signals be caused by the lack of termination on the PS2 port? I have also noticed that if you boot into M$ with a mouse attached and begin to move the mouse, there is a delayed reaction. Does the M$ driver possibly close a gate effectively terminating the touchpad? -- Jim Weeks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message