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Date:      Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:12:56 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: unsupported synaptics touchpad
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1ve_giY9aeg2KEir9J9ikG_6xjEauy66OEhZROZXzJRwA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <522DD2BA.1080705@dumbbell.fr>
References:  <20130822155651.GA32146@probe.unige.ch> <52171DE6.7030909@FreeBSD.org> <20130823091753.GA21594@probe.unige.ch> <52175C5E.2080007@FreeBSD.org> <20130823150007.GA31164@probe.unige.ch> <521E3828.9000605@FreeBSD.org> <20130829143122.GA757@probe.unige.ch> <5220A94F.6030800@FreeBSD.org> <5227A575.90805@dumbbell.fr> <20130909120645.GA5517@probe.unige.ch> <522DD2BA.1080705@dumbbell.fr>

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On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron <
jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote:

> Le 09/09/2013 14:06, Ke Sun a =C3=A9crit :
>
>  Does that mean that I tap on the touchpad, and that I click the touchpad
>> left
>> button, is exactly the same button to X?
>>
>
> Yes, when synaptics_support is disabled, we can't distinguish a physical
> button from a tap. The only information received from the hardware is an
> event saying "the user clicked using button #1" (ie. left button).
>
>
>  It is possible to disable this button and use the right button for
>> left clicking by tunning xorg.conf?
>>
>
> I don't think so, because the hardware is not configurable in this mode.
> From X.Org PoV, you could remap button #1 (left button) or button #3 (rig=
ht
> button), but no matter what, the physical left button and the tap share t=
he
> same number, #1.
>

When looking at this sort of issue, xev(1) is your very good friend. It
reports all mouse events including raw information into X as well as how X
interprets it. (Also mouse moves, keyboard events, meta-key actions, etc.
--=20
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com



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