Turning off the touch screen on laptop running FreeNAS 9.10

[DLMJOSLIN]

I'm trying to figure out a way to turn off the touchscreen on a laptop because I keep getting the following messages:

Code:

Jul 17 18:41:23 freenas uhid0: <ELAN Touchscreen, class 0/0, rev 2.00/90.14, addr 2> on usbus1
Jul 17 18:41:23 freenas hid_get_item: Number of items(256) truncated to 255
Jul 17 18:41:23 freenas hid_get_item: Number of items(256) truncated to 255
Jul 17 18:41:23 freenas hid_get_item: Number of items(256) truncated to 255
Jul 17 18:41:26 freenas ugen1.2: <ELAN> at usbus1 (disconnected)
Jul 17 18:41:26 freenas uhid0: at uhub3, port 4, addr 2 (disconnected)
Jul 17 18:41:27 freenas ugen1.2: <ELAN> at usbus1

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[DrKK]

.........you are running FreeNAS on a laptop?

 

[DLMJOSLIN]

.........you are running FreeNAS on a laptop?

Yes, I currently have it running on three different machines. I like to see what old hardware i can make use of and how efficient it is or isn't. This laptop isn't my primary setup just an experiment.

 

[joeschmuck]

While I do not condone the use of a laptop as a FreeNAS machine, I would expect the touchscreen to be disabled in the BIOS.

 

[DLMJOSLIN]

While I do not condone the use of a laptop as a FreeNAS machine, I would expect the touchscreen to be disabled in the BIOS.

Thanks for the idea but that option isn't in the bios.

 

[joeschmuck]

If it's not in the BIOS then you would have to physically disconnect it and hope all works well. Again, laptops are not ideal for FreeNAS use.

 

[Redcoat]

Take a look here and see if the method described will do it for you.

 

[DrKK]

If the user is using a laptop, then what, praytell, is he using for drives? I fear the answer is "external USB drives".

If that's the case sir, I would strongly caution against that.

 

[Jailer]

I have to agree. Even in a testing environment the outcome and user experience is going to be poor and not indicative of what FreeNAS is capable of.

 

[joeschmuck]

For pure argument I guess a laptop loaded with ESXi or similar and then running a VM of FreeNAS for evaluation would work. It will have very slow hard drive throughput but if that is understood from the start then it should be okay.

 

[DLMJOSLIN]

If it's not in the BIOS then you would have to physically disconnect it and hope all works well. Again, laptops are not ideal for FreeNAS use.

Yeah I'd have to agree with you. they are super slow, and lack the necessary hardware requirements to make it a trustworthy setup.

 

[DLMJOSLIN]

If the user is using a laptop, then what, praytell, is he using for drives? I fear the answer is "external USB drives".

If that's the case sir, I would strongly caution against that.

It was with an external HDD. Smart didn't work and with the lack of internal HDD bays it wouldn't fair too well in the long run.