Fix for buggy aiptek-drivers
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-input-aiptek (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Steveway |
Bug Description
Copy from my forum post:
Since the Aiptek-driver has finally been fixed and a new owner arrived, Hardy needs to ship the fixed version to be truely "Hardy".
The new Owner's name is, René van Paassen and he seemed to have fixed the driver, finally.
The version has been bumped to 1.1.1 and it should have fixed most bugs.
Tarballs are still only avaiable for the old broken version that still comes with Ubuntu (that version is from 2006!).
Hopefully the Ubuntu-devs make a new .deb soon and maybe they could add a script that checks lsusb for something like this:
Code:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 08ca:0021 Aiptek International, Inc. APT-2 Tablet
(That's from my tablet.)
And then add the appropiate lines to the xorg.conf like in this how-to: http://
I hope to see updates comming through soon.
(Link to the gitweb: http://
I also request a feature-freeze exception for this, like 23meg said. Hopefully someone will pick it up soon, I'll try to help where I can.
Apperantly these things here are needed for a feature-
Upstream changelog entries:
5 weeks agoBumped the version to 1.1.1 master / xf86-input-
René van Paassen [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:42:40 +0000]
Bumped the version to 1.1.1
This version is actually being tested/used by someone with a tablet (me)
5 weeks agoadded #if to handle MiPointer{
René van Paassen [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:32:04 +0000]
added #if to handle MiPointer{
5 weeks agomoved xf86AiptekClose after RemoveEnabled.., fixes crash VT switch
René van Paassen [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:29:41 +0000]
moved xf86AiptekClose after RemoveEnabled.., fixes crash VT switch
5 weeks agoConverted xf86msg into debug messages, to prevent filling the log
René van Paassen [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:24:34 +0000]
Converted xf86msg into debug messages, to prevent filling the log
7 weeks agoDon't worry about being core pointer if XInput API is > 0.
Peter Hutterer [Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:51:38 +0000]
Don't worry about being core pointer if XInput API is > 0.
Server 1.4 and above let all devices be XI devices and the core devices are
virtual. So we don't have to worry about it in the driver.
This should make the code compatible with both 1.3 and 1.4.
7 weeks agoRevert "Driver's don't have to worry about being core pointers anymore."
Peter Hutterer [Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:54:46 +0000]
Revert "Driver's don't have to worry about being core pointers anymore."
There's a better way of doing things. See next commit.
This reverts commit 66e0fbb24377ac1
2 months agoRemove redefinition of NEED_XF86_TYPES.
Peter Hutterer [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:57:39 +0000]
Remove redefinition of NEED_XF86_TYPES.
2 months agomiPointerCur
Peter Hutterer [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:56:49 +0000]
miPointerCurren
Untested due to lack of device.
2 months agoDriver's don't have to worry about being core pointers anymore.
Peter Hutterer [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:55:58 +0000]
Driver's don't have to worry about being core pointers anymore.
The DDX will do the right job, no matter what events we post, so we don't need
in-driver checks for whether to post proximity events or not.
Untested due to a lack of device.
2 months agoPatch with a load of fixes, backported from aiptektablet.
Rene van Paassen [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:53:06 +0000]
Patch with a load of fixes, backported from aiptektablet.
Tested with re-branded aiptek 12000U
Those entries are from here: http://
From the aiptek-driver mailing list on sourceforge, Rene (the new maintainer) says that these updates fix the wellknown crashes when using aiptek-tablets with pressure-sensitivy.
As I noticed today, an updated package is in the Debian-Sid Repositories, I'm gonna test it out in a few minutes after I installed the newest updates to my Hardy System and a restart.
I'll report back about my experience.
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-aiptek: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-aiptek: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
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