Re: Another ALPS touchpad

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 02:08:26PM +0800, Tommy Will wrote:
> 2014/1/4 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>:
> > On Thursday, January 02, 2014 11:59:15 PM Dylan Paul Thurston wrote:
> 
> >> Yes, it's an ALPS device and we're now preparing the patch for this new one.
> >> BTW, since it's a ClickPad without seperate buttons, simple resting
> >> finger logic would be added.
> >
> > Hmm, what finger resting logic? We already properly support clickpads in
> > X driver (as long as the kernel tells userspace that the device is a
> > clickpad) so what is missing?
> >
> 
> I remember in previous kernel version, I tried to register the device
> as clickpad but only left/right button click can be recognized by
> X-Server. When putting 1finger still in button area and moving another
> finger in normal area, X-Server would not consider it as 1finger
> cursoring.
> 
> Looks like this:
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1991841
> 
> Does X-server have already supported this feature? (I'm sorry I did
> not try the latest X-Server)

It should as far as I know (I do not have any clickpad devices).

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry