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Answer the question "My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. Can I use it in

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Submitted by:	Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
Reviewed by:	-doc
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Eitan Adler 2013-01-13 06:19:54 +00:00
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@ -5372,8 +5372,8 @@ options SYSVMSG # enable for messaging</programlisting>
&man.syscons.4; supports a virtual device called
<devicename>/dev/sysmouse</devicename>. All mouse events
received from the real mouse device are written to the
&man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. If you wish to
use your mouse on one or more virtual consoles,
&man.sysmouse.4; device via &man.moused.8;. To use your
mouse on one or more virtual consoles,
<emphasis>and</emphasis> use X, see <xref
linkend="moused" remap="another section"/> and set up
&man.moused.8;.</para>
@ -5454,6 +5454,45 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="x-and-synaptic">
<para>My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. Can I use
it in X?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes, you will have to configure a few things to
make it work.</para>
<para>If you plan to use the Xorg synaptics driver you
<emphasis>must</emphasis> remove moused_enable from
<filename>rc.conf</filename>. Xorg can not use
the synaptics mouse if the moused already sits on
<filename>/dev/psm0</filename>.</para>
<para>To enable synaptics in the &man.psm.4 driver you need
to add the following into
<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>hw.psm.synaptics_support="1"</programlisting>
<para>You also need the following into
<filename>xorg.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad0"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "psm"
Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
EndSection</programlisting>
<para>And be sure to add the following into the
<quote>ServerLayout</quote> section:</para>
<programlisting>InputDevice "Touchpad0" "SendCoreEvents"</programlisting>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="no-remote-x11">
<para>How do I use remote X displays?</para>