Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads

From: Doug Poland (wisco_disco_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/29/04

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    Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:03:44 -0700 (PDT)
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>

    > Robert Watson wrote:
    > >
    > > Would this have anything to do with the mouse on a Dell laptop
    > > moving all by itself? When I boot with ACPI enabled on 5.2.1-R
    > > or 5.3Beta the mouse will simply go wild, moving all over the
    > > screen at will. This happens at the console and in X (both
    > > XFree86 and XOrg).
    >
    > No, that's probably a problem with your Dell notebook. I've had
    > two Dells do it, and they do it under Windows as well. I was sure
    > it was a FreeBSD psm bug for months and months, and spent days
    > hacking on psm trying to figure out what was triggering it. Then
    > one day I was sitting in a meeting at our offices in Santa Clara,
    > and a whole room of people were typing on Dells, and about once a
    > minute someone would go "Damn mouse". Then it clicked :-). I
    > wouldn't rule out a recent FreeBSD change doing it, but given my
    > experiences I'd think it more likely to be a hardware issue. it
    > went away each time I replaced the motherboard, but came back a
    > few months later, suggesting wear-and-tear.
    >
    Well, that would explain much. This laptop (Dell C600) worked quite
    nicely when 5.2.1 was released. The mouse situation has slowly
    deteriorated in recent months. It's a shame if it's a hardware
    problem cause paying to have this laptop fixed is not an option.

    Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. 

    -- 
Regards,
Doug
		
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