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Re: New multitouch packages!

 

On 02/21/2011 05:00 AM, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
>> To meet these goals, I would like everyone who can to test out the
>> xorg-unstable ppa. Since the changes involve tweaking the core pointer
>> event handling in the x server, we need to know asap of any issues like
>> stuck buttons or an inability to move the cursor. Extra thorough testing
>> using multitouch touch screens would be double-plus good too :).
> 
> Here are results from some preliminary test:
> 
> 1. After grabbing, rejecting with XITouchOwnerRejectEnd seems to work,
> but XITouchOwnerRejectContinue does not let the touches through to the
> window manager.

Unfortunately I haven't had time to implement this yet. Right now it
XIAllowTouchEvents will return an error if you try to use
XITouchOwnerRejectContinue.

> 2. Running mtview in XI mode reveals a problem with pointer logic -
> the first finger is moving the pointer around, whereas the remaining
> fingers paint the canvas. This holds true regardless of prior grabs
> (like xinput test-xi2 running).

This was a bigger issue than I initially thought. However, I believe it
has been resolved in the latest upload of xorg-server to the ppa.

Thanks for the testing!

-- Chase



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