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From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP - laptop touchpad + XFree86
Date: 4 Mar 1997 19:42:49 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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In article <5fhk47$r24@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>,
Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk, brian@utell.co.uk> wrote:
> itech@onramp.net (David Johnson) writes:
>> The boot-up says psm0 at 0x60 - 0x63 irq 12 on motherboard.
This is good.
>> If I cat < /dev/psm0, I get
>> cat: stdin: Resource temporarily unavailable
This is normal.
Does /etc/XF86Config look like:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psm0"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection
It must in order to work, although the TouchPad stuff might be a bit
different to get the 'tapping' feature to work. The above should get
you started.
Nate
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