[pkg-fso-maint] tslib and X 1.7 [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: [debian] Latest xserver 1.7 and touch screen problems]]

[gregor herrmann]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:26:27 +0100, Steffen Möller wrote:

> while in a personal email I had initially stated that I could not
> confirm the flickering with the latest X server - now I can.
> One does not spot it rightaway, particular with a black background xterm
> or an invisible cursor. The issue does not affect the button press e.g.
> for the keyboard, but the cursor position in between the clicks is
> changed. And that pretty much ruins dragging e.g. in tangogps or so.

D'oh! After writing my mails yesterday and before going to bed I
realized that I also had the "jumping pointer" effect e.g. in
tangogps.
 
> remained the same. I'll investigate another day, maybe tomorrow, if I
> can also confirm Gilles' fix.

I've now tried:

1)
deanna:~# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/66-xorg-tslib.rules
ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="xorg_tslib_end"
KERNEL!="event*", GOTO="xorg_tslib_end"

ENV{ID_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN}=="?*", ENV{x11_driver}="tslib"

LABEL="xorg_tslib_end"

and

2) in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
commenting out the whole InputDevice section
(and the reference to it in some other section -- I guess I need to
clean up this file again)

... and it works!
(Still without hal, and with fbdev instead of glamo.)


deanna:~# xinput list
�Virtual core pointer                         id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
�  �Virtual core XTEST pointer               id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
�  �"PS2++ Logitech MX Mouse"                id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
�Virtual core keyboard                        id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    �Virtual core XTEST keyboard              id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    �"Power Button"                           id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    �"Sleep Button"                           id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    �"AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"           id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]


After restarting X with glamo instead of fbdev it still works.

So I'd say:
Gilles, thanks for tracking this down.
Steffen, go for the install.sh change.

Cheers,
gregor


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