On 06/14/2016 11:58 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > ropers, 14 Jun 2016 03:37: >>> the acer travelmate b115-m is an el cheapo netbook >>> with no moving parts if you stick an ssd in it. >>> >> >> Thanks for the addition and dmesg. Do you know if all the Travelmate B115's >> are fanless or only the M models, not MP or P? What about the B116's and >> B117's? Actually, are all the Travelmate B's fanless? > > well, it doesn't say on the website, does it? :] > i think the biggest difference between MP and M was the > multi-touch-screen... i _think_ they are all fanless > because of the CPU models, they are not that high end. > but 116 and 117 are not bay trail but braswell if i am > not mistaken, and i don't know the state of braswell on > openbsd... > >>> it suspends, resumes, most things work; >>> the clickpad and the wifi being notable exceptions. >>> >> >> Does this mean that despite dmesg recognition, the pms0 device somehow does >> not work at all (=need external mouse), or does this mean just >> fancy-schmancy gesturing support won't work (limiting the pad to working >> like a conventional trackpad)? > > the bios has to clickpad settings: basic/advanced. i > could not make it work reliably with either of these > settings. it seems to work sometimes but than it goes > "crazy" and the mouse cursor runs around so fast, it is > blurred. so at the moment yes, i have to use an > external mouse or vim :] > >> Is the apparent absence of separate trackpad buttons (as per pics I >> googled) an issue? Can the pad's lower parts work like buttons, or is it >> only tap-to-click (which I seriously hate)? > > unfortunately there are no hw buttons... i'd also > prefer that. some linux users seem to had luck in > setting up X.org for soft buttons, but i did not try > as for a while setting the clickpad to emulate double > click and middle click seemed to work. then the > crazyness came again :] > > i have sent a bugreport and we'll see.
Your feedback in bugs@ would be appreciated. Can you exclude that it's a hardware failure? Some people claim that various Acer models are prone to such failures because the touchpads have a bad electrical grounding. > >> I see some models have a touchscreen. Does yours? Do all of them? (I'd >> rather do without that.) > > M's don't. > >> Is the glossy screen annoying? (I prefer matte.) > > the screen is as the price tag suggests.. not amazing > but quite usable. > > i am very happy with it because my requirements were: > cheap, quiet, small, run openbsd w/o uefi (at the time > there was none in openbsd). > > -f
