new xf86-input for macbooks and other multitouch-touchpads.

[rafwes]

Hello!

I've installed 1.1 alpha and it works almost flawlessly. It seems much more accurate and aligned with default macos behavior than 1.0 rc2.

The only problem I faced so far is that the mouse will stop responding and halt the pointers movement. I have then to lift the finger and tap again to continue moving.

I suspected it could be something attributed to the thumb recognition since the pressure applied seemed to make a difference. By pressing harder it would loose focus easier than by moving lightly with the fingers.

Then I tried to change some of the settings under /etc/X11/xorg.conf eg by adding ThumbsSize "35" to the InputClass to try to fix ist but this setting will prevent X from loading leaving me with a blank bash.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Raf

ps1: here is my config

Section "InputClass"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        Identifier      "Touchpads"
        Driver          "multitouch"
EndSection

ps2: how can I revert to the old driver?

[demheld]

hello!
maybe you forgot to put option in front of it?

Option          "ThumbSize" "35"

or maybe you should write ThumbSize instead of ThumbsSize (without the additional s )

for having the old driver to run just comment or delete the whole added Section "InputClass" in xorg.conf

[rafwes]

@demheld: Thank you, that did the trick!

With some tinkering it gets very close to the behavior in MacOS. Here is my config file with some explanations:

Section "InputClass"
	MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	Identifier      "Touchpads"
	Driver          "multitouch"
	Option		"ThumbSize" "35"
	Option		"PalmSize" "55"
	Option		"ClickTime" "25"
	Option		"ScrollDistance" "300"
	Option		"TapDragEnable" "False"
EndSection

#ThumbSize 35        ->  Tracking isn't anymore mistaken as #thumbs
#PalmSize 50         ->  Prevents thumbclicks being recognized as palm
#ClickTime 25        ->  Makes taps more responsive
#ScrollDistance 300  ->  Scroll kicks in faster
#TapDragEnable False ->  Personal preference

Two things are missing in my opinion:

1. Disable Trackpad while typing

I haven't found any option that will prevent accidental clicks while typing, this is hence the biggest problem so far.

2. Accelerated Scrolling

Scroll speed is could be accelerated as mouse tracking, default MacOS behavior would be ideal.


Anyhow, thank you all for these drivers and keep up the good work.

[smoothlarryhughes]

I was wondering if someone could points me in the right direction. I am following all the steps on page 13, but when I get to step 5 to download the actual driver it does not work. Where can I download an actual copy of the driver for install? Once I get a copy of the drivers do I just use step 6 to install them?

I appreciate any help.

[smoothlarryhughes]

Is the bitmath site currently down? I've been having trouble accessing it for the past 2 days to get the driver.

Thanks all!

[NiñoScript]

Instead of downloading it with git (Step 05), try with this one as seen on page 34.

Instead of '~/multitouch' (Step 06), `cd` to the directory with the extracted files as explained on page 35.

Instead of appending that to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (Step 07), try with:

Section "InputClass"
	MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	Identifier      "Touchpads"
	Driver          "multitouch"
	Option		"ThumbSize"      "35"
	Option		"PalmSize"       "55"
	Option		"ClickTime"      "25"
	Option		"ScrollDistance" "300"
EndSection

as seen above.

Hope that helps

[kosumi68]

Is the bitmath site currently down? I've been having trouble accessing it for the past 2 days to get the driver.

Thanks all!

Just checked, it works as usual.

git clone http://bitmath.org/git/multitouch.git

There is also a package in ppa now.

[kennethsime]

So I've installed the drivers from the Mactel PPA via synaptic (terminal was not my friend today), and edited my xorg.conf , and rebooted. How do I actually enable the drivers? It doesn't seem to be working.

[smoothlarryhughes]

When I try to sudo make install after extracting the file I get the following error in the terminal. Can anyone help? I downloaded and extracted http://www.dev.fatalmachine.org/xf86..._alpha4.tar.gz to /Downloads/mtouh

smoothlarryhughes@smoothlarryhughes:~/Downloads$ cd mtouh
smoothlarryhughes@smoothlarryhughes:~/Downloads/mtouh$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for smoothlarryhughes:
gcc -Iinclude -I/usr/include/xorg -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -O3 -fPIC -c src/capabilities.c -o obj/src/capabilities.o
In file included from include/capabilities.h:25,
from src/capabilities.c:22:
include/common.h:31: fatal error: mtdev-mapping.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make: *** [obj/src/capabilities.o] Error 1

Thanks!

[pbhedlund]

include/common.h:31: fatal error: mtdev-mapping.h: No such file or directory

Try "sudo apt-get install libmtdev-dev"