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Date:      Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:55:57 +0200
From:      Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>
To:        Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>
Cc:        "freebsd-current\@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Weird mouse behaviour
Message-ID:  <86zhaxi4ea.fsf@gmail.com>
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Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> writes:

> On 2020-04-27 10:14, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
>>
>>
>> Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> writes:
>>
>>> On 2020-04-27 08:03, Malcolm Matalka wrote:
>>>> I saw that there was another thread on this and I wanted to throw my
>>>> experience in: my mouse was sluggish and tap-to-click did not work.  I
>>>> set the evdev mask back to 3 and it worked.
>>>>
>>>> I am on a Dell XPS 13.
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>> Is this on CURRENT?  When using X?
>>> Can you verify that you have xf86-input-libinput installed?
>>> You can change sensitivity and enable tap to click using xinput.
>>> Regards
>>
>> Yes this is current, and I'm on commit 360355.  Yes I do have it
>> installed.  And yes I am on X.
>>
>> The situation I was in this morning after installing the new kernel was
>> things that previously worked no longer worked so I did the shortest
>> path I could find to get them working, which was modifying this evdev.
>>
>> Is there a document on how one is supposed to configure their system in
>> X?  I have never used xinput, instead I have configured my trackpad
>> through sysctl.  I'm happy to do it the way that is considered correct
>> but I've sort of pieced together how to get my system setup.
>>
>
> First off, do you have any local xorg conf?  That's generally not needed any
> more.

No I don't.  I just did a bunch of sysctls to configure the mouse (it
was very sensitive to touch such that if my palm grazed the trackpad it
became a click).

> For xinput, I suggest start with the manual.
> Regards




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