Raw mouse input is distorted

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Sun Sep 21 23:47:19 PDT 2008


On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 01:29:58PM +0200, Søren Hauberg wrote:
> I do have a follow-up question (you can't get rid of me that easy :-)
> ). I have modified the 'usbtouchscreen' kernel module such that it can
> use calibration parameters. With this in place, my touchscreen works
> in X with the 'evdev' driver, i.e. out of the box. Do you guys think
> this is the right approach to handling touchscreens in GNU/Linux, or
> would you prefer an X driver for handling touchscreens? I plan on
> posting the kernel patch to the kernel list on Monday unless anybody
> here thinks the problem should be solved in X instead of the kernel.

I'd prefer the fix in the kernel module, as it keeps the X drivers to a
minimum.
 
Cheers,
  Peter



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