Re: Bug#826008: xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available
Hi,
2017-05-17 10:05 GMT+09:00 Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>:
> Hi Nobuhiro,
>
> On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 08:10:59AM +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2017-05-03 7:11 GMT+09:00 Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>:
>> > Control: retitle -1 xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available
>> >
>>
>> Current installed vetsion is 1.0~rc2+git20110312-2, not 1.0~rc2.
>> This version includes following commit:
>>
>> > git log --pretty=oneline v1.0-rc2..v1.0-rc3
>> > 55ab6c4ecb43e6f2ec34b36533ef308d00a709e4 xf86-input-multitouch v1.0-rc3
>> > 4d87c041f6a232aa30528d70d4b9946d1824b4ed Four finger swipes in multitouch
>> > afbbc4b9470869933223e3970c7a63f1c52c1d69 Makefile: make LIBDIR configurable
>> > 161026ce49526593d0ebfd96a7c087e3e1b0f9f5 Add missing thumb reset at state extraction
>> > 1db2e14bed379bbf1c5f3140a903437b146c5cce Fix event flood in tap handling
>> > a12ed738095819beab0b42c6c8a1566c063bb79e Support XINPUT 12
>
> So 1.0~rc2+git20110312-2 is equivalent to upstream's rc3 and includes
> these six commits?
Yes.
>
>> > Are these features available using another driver? Given how I've
>> > seen Macbook powerusers use their touchpads, four finger swipes are
>> > fairly important. Also, what is the severity of missing XINPUT 12
>> > support?
>> >
>>
>> We can use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack instead of xserver-xorg-input-multitouch.
>> Could you use xserver-xorg-input-mtrack?
>
> I had to read up on the mtrack driver. Yes, from what I've been able
> to find it would work. Is it an upstream fork of
> xserver-xorg-input-multitouch?
Yes, mtrack driver forked from multitouch.
> I'll have to ask my Macbook using
> friends to test this, because I only have an old Thinkpad.
> Unfortunately this also means I can't responsibly write Debian on
> Macbook documentation either.
>
> If git20110312 is really rc3 than this bug be closed, but if
> xserver-xorg-input-multitouch isn't depreciated (and replaced) by
> xserver-xorg-input-mtrack then I think our wiki would benefit from an
> explanation of when it's better (or necessary) to use one rather than
> the other.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad
>
> A really nice document:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mac#Touchpad
>
> Configuration example for xserver-xorg-input-multitouch that is
> apparently feels very similar to OS X:
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1334696&page=36&p=10557093#post10557093
>
The multitouch driver can not set detailed settings compared with mtrack.
I don't have a Thinkpad, but I am using this driver on my Macbook.
By the way, as Debian 9 was released, I plan to immediately upload RC
3 to unstable.
Please contact me if you want to use this in stable. I will upload
this to backports.
> Sincerely,
> Nicholas
>
> P.S. Please CC Bug #826008 and me
Best regards,
Nobuhiro
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