From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Sep 9 17:51:38 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83BDEBD4D3E for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:51:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [198.74.231.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 638231EFF for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:51:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [198.74.231.63]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94A1446C5C; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fledge.watson.org (doug@localhost.watson.org [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u89Hpbq4040658; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id u89HpbLL040655; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) From: doug Reply-To: doug@safeport.com To: jd1008 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turning off the touchpad In-Reply-To: <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (fledge.watson.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 09 Sep 2016 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:51:38 -0000 On Fri, 9 Sep 2016, jd1008 wrote: > Do you have the command > > synclient > > in /bin or /usr/bin or /sbin or /usr/sbin ...etc ??? > > If yes, then you can turn it off and on with that command. > > synclient Touchpadoff=1 # turn it off > synclient Touchpadoff=0 # turn it on Thanks for the thought but, nope; no command, package, port, or anywhere in /usr/local. I can find people talking about it but it seems to be gone by 10.3 and xorg 7.7_2. > On 09/09/2016 11:02 AM, doug wrote: >> With the lastest version of Xorg they seem to have removed the ability to >> do this. AFAIK from google, the x11 mailing list and X.org this is not >> considered an issue or a bug. I found some stuff in FreeBSD 11.0 with >> sysctrls that might work there (although their issue was turning it on, if >> only...) those controls do not exist in FreeBSD 10.3. >> >> It appears that the change in integrating all support for pointing devices >> in a single driver. In my 10.1 system the touchpad was supported by a >> driver using ps2 interface, so adding [moused_port="/dev/ums0"] to rc.conf >> fixed the problem. >> >> I am posting here as I hope someone has found a workaround. On some laptops >> (esp mine) it is very hard to touch type and miss the touchpad. I wish you >> could turn it off in the BIOS, but no such luck. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >