Re: [Touchd-devel] Touchd-devel Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5

[Stewart A. <mai...@di...>]

> 
> Sorry I have been busy lately and couldn't find time for touchd. I
> tested bsm5974 last night and I guess it needs more tuning for the
> MacBookPro because it was totally unusable...
> 
> For me touchd is still the best option available. I tried the new
> version of pommed as well but I still can't get it to work, I have the
> weirdest error message...
> 
> My only concern is that there is too many implementation of the same
> thing. Maybe we could get in touch(d) :o) with all these projects to
> have a single implementation of multitouch that just works(tm).
> 
> I need to test more the alpha 3 with suspend/resume but so far the
> script you sent me weren't working with alpha2.
> 
> LeTic
> 
> Sorry I have been busy lately and couldn't find time for touchd. I
> tested bsm5974 last night and I guess it needs more tuning for the
> MacBookPro because it was totally unusable...
> 
> For me touchd is still the best option available. I tried the new
> version of pommed as well but I still can't get it to work, I have the
> weirdest error message...
> 
> My only concern is that there is too many implementation of the same
> thing. Maybe we could get in touch(d) :o) with all these projects to
> have a single implementation of multitouch that just works(tm).
> 
> I need to test more the alpha 3 with suspend/resume but so far the
> script you sent me weren't working with alpha2.
> 
> LeTic
I agree with this - Let's not start duplicating any work so we can
create one, great multitouch driver! I've been working with Matthew
Garrett to create a multitouch-enabled kernel module, you can check out
what's been done so far here:
http://www.firewing1.com/downloads/airtouch-semiworking.tar.bz2

I've named it "semiworking" because although it does load and work, the
touchpad is very jumpy and if you try it you'll see there are a few
major problems that still have to be worked out. The way it works is it
maps each finger as a separate input which will allow for multitouch
gestures or detection of up to 12 fingers.

To install it, just extract, run "make" and "insmod airtouch.ko". If you
are loading it after usbhid has been loaded (this is the case for Fedora
systems as usbhid isn't compiled as a module), unbind the trackpad
before loading airtouch like this:
# echo '7-2:1.2' > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usbhid/unbind
This will work on the MacBook Pros (ANSI model), for the MacBook Air it
might a different USB id.

BTW - Scott, if you'd like for this driver to become a part of touchd
I'll be happy to help with further development. My goal is to have this
driver functional and included in the upstream kernel as soon as it's
usable :)

Regards,
Stewart