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  • Bug#826008: xserver-xorg-input-multitouch -- new version available

    From Nobuhiro Iwamatsu@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 14 05:20:02 2017
    XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist

    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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    iwamatsu at {nigauri.org / debian.org}
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