xf86-input-mtrack: The Other Multitouch Trackpad Driver

[petersphilo]

You'll ave to compile it from source for now. My webserver's been down for a while and I haven't had time to set up a PPA.

ok.. how do i do that again?
Sorry for the lame-itude of my lameness...

The instructions provided here stop to function at 'make'

[BlueDragonX]

ok.. how do i do that again?
Sorry for the lame-itude of my lameness...

The instructions provided here stop to function at 'make'

Posting your error would help. Otherwise all I can say is "try again".

[hmaarrfk]

Hi all,

This is a long shot, but did anybody have any luck installing mtrack on Fedora 17 (x64 if that makes a difference).

I ran

libtoolize
aclocal
autoconf
automake --add-missing --copy
./configure
make
sudo make install

I see mtrack_drv.la mtrack_drv.s in /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input but when I put the minimal configuration in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ file, my Trackpad just stops working.

I'm thinking X11 isn't looking in the right directories to find the mtrack driver. Any clues on how to make sure it does?

[BlueDragonX]

This is a long shot, but did anybody have any luck installing mtrack on Fedora 17 (x64 if that makes a difference).

You need to post your Xorg.0.log otherwise we're just guessing as to what the issue is.

[hmaarrfk]

So sorry for not including the file.


Thanks for the fast reply, just haven't had time to tweak my computer since.

[BlueDragonX]

Your logfiles indicate that ModulePath is set to /usr/lib64/xorg/modules. You'll need to try again and set the appropriate module path in configure.

[rcrath]

Tried autreconf-i -f and the whole toolchain, but get errors on both. I have been unable to figure out what to do to fix it. Any help appreciated.

[xf86-input-mtrack]$libtoolize && aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing --copy
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
libtoolize: You should add the contents of `m4/libtool.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
libtoolize: You should add the contents of `m4/ltoptions.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
libtoolize: You should add the contents of `m4/ltsugar.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
libtoolize: You should add the contents of `m4/ltversion.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
libtoolize: You should add the contents of `m4/lt~obsolete.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
/usr/local/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4:1780: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
/usr/local/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4:1760: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:1802: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:1782: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:1802: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:1782: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
Makefile.am:10: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
Makefile.am:10:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
Makefile.am:10:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
Makefile.am:10:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
Makefile.am:10:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
[xf86-input-mtrack]$autoreconf --install --force
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
/usr/local/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4:1780: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
/usr/local/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4:1760: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:1802: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:1782: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
configure.ac:24: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:1802: XORG_INSTALL is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:1782: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:24: the top level
configure.ac:17: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:18: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
autoreconf: /usr/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
[xf86-input-mtrack]$

[hmaarrfk]

Your logfiles indicate that ModulePath is set to /usr/lib64/xorg/modules. You'll need to try again and set the appropriate module path in configure.

Thanks BlueDragonX,

That worked.

For future reference, you need to run configure with (on 64bit fedora):

./configure --with-xorg-module-dir=/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/

[BlueDragonX]

Tried autreconf-i -f and the whole toolchain, but get errors on both. I have been unable to figure out what to do to fix it. Any help appreciated.

You're missing libtool, it needs to be installed. Googling the error would help in this context.

[wiz561]

This is a long shot, but when I try to make, I get an error...

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and did the following...

$ libtoolize && aclocal && autoconf && automake --add-missing --copy
$ make

$ make
make  all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/wisniewski/mtrack/xf86-input-mtrack'
  CC     capabilities.lo
  CC     gestures.lo
  CC     hwstate.lo
  CC     mconfig.lo
  CC     mtouch.lo
  CC     mtstate.lo
  CC     trig.lo
  CC     mtrack.lo
  CC     mprops.lo
  CCLD   mtrack_drv.la
  CC     mtrack_test-capabilities.o
  CC     mtrack_test-gestures.o
  CC     mtrack_test-hwstate.o
  CC     mtrack_test-mconfig.o
  CC     mtrack_test-mtouch.o
  CC     mtrack_test-mtstate.o
  CC     mtrack_test-trig.o
  CC     mtrack_test-mtrack-test.o
./tools/mtrack-test.c:39:22: error: unknown type name ‘XF86OptionPtr’
./tools/mtrack-test.c:44:23: error: unknown type name ‘XF86OptionPtr’
./tools/mtrack-test.c:49:26: error: unknown type name ‘XF86OptionPtr’
make[1]: *** [mtrack_test-mtrack-test.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wisniewski/mtrack/xf86-input-mtrack'
make: *** [all] Error 2