[PATCH libinput 0/4] Fix synaptics cursor jumps for triple-touches

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Wed Jul 22 06:33:39 PDT 2015


Hi,

On 21-07-15 07:51, Peter Hutterer wrote:
>
> Synaptics touchpads internally detect 5 touches but we use the serial
> protocol in the kernel. That only allows for 2 slots so we get odd cursor
> jumps whenever a third finger is put on the touchpad. Those come in two
> varieties:
> 1) one slot ends when BTN_TOOL_TRIPLETAP is set and restarts as new touch on the
> next event. Previously we only looked at fake touches when we exceed
> num_slots (so libinput would think only one finger is down), patch 3/4
> handles that case now.
> 2) during or immediately after a transition from TRIPLETAP to one or two
> touches we'd get a coordinate jump. 4/4 filters those out now, causing a
> more stable experience when three-finger tapping or clicking.

Series looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>

Regards,

Hans



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