Arch Linux

In version 1.8.0 upstream added to
@@ src/eventcomm.c:757
if (sync_cumulative)
hw->cumulative_dx = hw->x;
@@ src/eventcomm.c:762
if (sync_cumulative)
hw->cumulative_dy = hw->y;

I don't know if this conflicts with the rotation patch and don't have time to test it, so I'm abandoning this package for now.

Package updated to xf86-input-synaptics 1.7.3

Doesn't work with latest xorg!
Package needs an update.
Workaround: use xf86-input-synaptics instead.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log says:

(EE) module ABI major version (19) doesn't match the server's version (20)

Also mentioned in:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175453

Updated for Version 1.7.1

The md5 check is failing for that synaptics driver. Anyhow I managed to install this.

Works for me. Sorry about not being able to test; I'm in the last week of my semester, then finals week, so I am getting slammed with deadlines :)

Kudos to upstream, sounds like a solid plan to my limited comprehension :) Are you sure you don't want to keep the packages separate though? "Do one thing and do it well" and such? Except I can't think of any clean way to use multiple packages to patch the same driver. How have you been using both this one and your LED stuff at the same time?

Anyway, I'm open to making you the maintainer on this one if you'd rather make these decisions without turnaround time from me. I won't be using this package for much longer anyway.

So, it doesn't look like this will go upstream because there are plans to implement REL pointer transformations on the dix level (meaning it won't have to be reimplemented for every driver out there). I'm going to pull the feature into my led package, however, and rename it something like xf86-input-synaptics-extra.

garaden: any interest in testing my version of the patch? I need to know if the feel is the same. The multitouch support introduced some scaling features and I'm not sure if I handled it correctly. If it's wrong, then I think the cursor will move slower than you expected in one direction or another, depending on your orientation.

I think we can get this upstream. I have created a branch on github [1]. Please test it and provide feedback. The most recent information I can find about the patch is on the xorg-devel mailing list [2].

If you're willing to test and don't know how to get the patch off github, let me know.

I could really use some feedback from anyone with a clickpad and/or multitouch device (I have an MT-enabled driver, but that's it). ALPS and PS2 could use testing too if anyone can...

[1] https://github.com/mmonaco/xf86-input-synaptics/tree/rotation
[2] http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-March/020479.html

I suppose I am now the reluctant maintainer :) Lemme know if there's any more trouble.

Sorry for the late replay but I was busy and had no time to look at it. I've also no time maintaining this package, so I orphan it, so someone else can take it.

by the way, where did this originally come from? is there a logical sequence of patches, or is big blob all that's available?

I might be willing to take the patch into my xf86-synaptics-led package. I maintain the patches in git so I keep the patches continuously updated. please give me a day or two as I'm swamped right now

Here is an updated PKGBUILD that works properly: http://pastie.org/private/dahndgeymkb7pllfswcnq

That will require Garaden's tarball posted in the comments below. Just replace his PKGBUILD with this one.

Maintainer: Please just use Garaden's patch with this PKGBUILD. It's not that hard.

Is there any chance that the maintainer can update this, or just orphan it? Garaden's patch works great, but we need a package for it. By the way, Garaden's pkgbuild needs to add his patch to the source array or else there will be an error finding the patch.

You are right the patch in the current tarball seems to just remove things. The patch in my package which I just had merged into this had this patch: http://pastebin.com/WHvRp8dC which made a lot more sense to me and was working with synaptics 1.4 . Garaden's patch looks all right to me so if we can move onto that and get on with our lives that would be great.

Merging synaptics-xrandr into the xf86-input-synaptics-xrandr as requested by the maintainer.

This patch allows for changing the orientation of the touchpad? It seems weird that it just deletes so much code.

Ok, I have just realised that is package is a duplicate of https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34369.

I am going to request removal of "synaptics-xrandr" as the other name is closer to the unpatched package name in extra.

I've written an update to this package which works with the new X.Org 1.12; the previous version was broken by it.

You can get it here: https://github.com/garaden/synaptics-xrandr/tarball/1.5.99-0.2

I migrated the patch to 1.4.1 which is the current synaptics in arch: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=sNYcERLW

a working patch for 1.3.0 is available here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/296084