Switch to using libinput
Bug #1503555 reported by
Fabian Thoma
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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elementary OS |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Cody Garver |
Bug Description
We should follow Fedora and release our next release with libinput enabled by default to prepare for a Wayland migration.
libinput will in some cases greatly improve the input support (newer thinkpads, synaptics auto detection etc.) but in some edge cases it's not fully mature, like Wacom touchscreens and others.
libinput is now available in it's latest version in Ubuntu 15.04 (what we use to test for Loki right now), but not installed by default.
Packages to install:
libinput10
xserver-
That will by default use libinput for all input devices.
Changed in elementaryos: | |
assignee: | nobody → Cody Garver (codygarver) |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in elementaryos: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
milestone: | loki-beta1 → loki-rc1 |
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I've noticed that my wacom tablet does not work when using libinput, however the usability of my touchpad greatly improved.
So to fix this, the proper solution (according to libinput devs) is to make tablet like devices use the X input driver until the libinput implementation is ready for these devices. I've attached the Xorg config gile to achieve exactly that.