Bug#822488: xserver-xorg-input-all: Please add a NEWS file about libinput (trackpad edge vs two-finger scrolling)
Package: xserver-xorg-input-all
Version: 1:7.7+15
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
I have a laptop with a trackpad that uses edge-scrolling with the
synaptics driver, but two-finger scrolling with libinput's
default settings.
Please add a hint about the possible UI change when the
-input-libinput package is installed. Maybe via the NEWS file:
> On laptops, the touchpad or trackpad settings may change. By
> default, scrolling is supported by two-finger gestures, not by
> the edge of the trackpad.
>
> Settings for libinput are handled by the desktop environment,
> not by libinput itself. If your DE doesn't have libinput
> support yet, the options can be discovered with
> libinput-list-devices and set with xinput.
My understanding is that NEWS is only displayed on package
upgrade, and not on a new install. Therefore this wishlist
request is filed against -input-all instead of -input-libinput.
I'm running the MATE DE, which AFAICS doesn't yet have libinput
configuration support. With libinput, the part of the trackpad
that is used for edge scrolling became unresponsive (any touch
that started in the section caused no events in xev), which meant
that I spent a while trying to work out why scrolling had stopped
working.
Thanks,
Steve
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages:
ii xserver-xorg-input-libinput 0.18.0-1
ii libc6 2.22-7
ii libinput10 1.2.4-1
ii xserver-xorg-core [xorg-input-abi-22] 2:1.18.3-1
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