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

[Timo A. <tja...@ub...>]

On 10.12.2012 19:39, Jason Gerecke wrote:
>   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.

Good point. I'll probably flick the switch for Ubuntu anyway, since most 
people use unity on it.

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t