xserver 1.4 and bugid 10324 (x&y axis not scaled when reporting extension motion events)

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Mon Sep 24 14:55:52 PDT 2007


On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 07:43:49PM +0200, Magnus Vigerlöf wrote:
> As I'm helping out with the wacom input driver, I'd like to have your 
> opinion/confirmation on what the input drivers should report on the X & Y 
> axis.
> 
> Background and details should be available in bugid 10324 [1], but to make a 
> short recap; Prior to xserver 1.4 the min/max on x&y could be anything the 
> driver desired and the server rescaled this to fit the screen (= asked the 
> driver to do it). 1.4 doesn't seems to call the scale-functions anymore and 
> therefore the driver must match its min/max to the screen resolution if the 
> pointer should end up anywhere near where you'd like it to be.
> 
> Is the change/behaviour in what the drivers should report intentional and the 
> way it should be?

Nope: 1.4.1 will fix this up.

Cheers,
Daniel
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