Re: Input devices capplets
- From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59 srcf ucam org>
- To: Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>
- Cc: GNOME Desktop Devel <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Input devices capplets
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:39:37 +0000
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On 11/1/07, Scott James Remnant <scott ubuntu com> wrote:
> >
> > > This needs infrastructure fixes in the lower layers first. SHMConfig
> > > is really not something we want to turn on by default, the touchpad
> > > driver should use the existing Xinput configuration mechanism.
> > >
> > Exactly. Our patches may not be that useful right now.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, I don't expect much interest from the Ubuntu side in
> doing this kind of infrastructure work.
>
> Or do you have plans to do the right thing here in the long term, Scott ?
The Ubuntu patches use XInput, not SHMConfig. However, right now they're
overloading DEVICE_RESOLUTION rather than using a well-specified device
control. I'm working with X upstream to define a suitable mechanism for
doing this.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59 srcf ucam org
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