Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] How to find out what is really supported on 056a:00e6

[Jason G. <kil...@gm...>]

 On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Timo Aaltonen <tja...@ub...> wrote:

> On 03.12.2012 19:59, Jason Gerecke wrote:
>
>> I think Favux may have missed the fact that you've built the driver from
>> git. While the version that is provided with Ubuntu doesn't support > 2
>> fingers, the very latest release (0.18.0) introduced support. As you found
>> out, all you need to do is turn off in-driver gestures through xsetwacom
>> to
>> pass all the hardware-tracked fingers up to the X server.
>>
>
> I've updated the driver locally to 0.18.0 and tested it with my Intuos5 S,
> but even with the new version the driver internal gestures need to be
> turned off first? They seem to be on by default with this driver as well.
>
> will push it to raring in any case.
>
> --
> t
>

That's correct. Multitouch through X is still very new, and many desktop
environments don't handle it. Once more distros have multitouch-compatible
environments we'll probably switch, but until then we'll be keeping the
in-driver gestures as default to keep things running smoothly for the
majority of users.

Jason

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