On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 11:35:48 +0200, Nicolas LE CAM wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-input-all > Version: 1:7.7+15 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > As of x-x-input-synaptics 1.8.3-2, my touchpad (on an Asus UX303) has become > a basic mouse (previously tapping, scrolling etc were working) and I can't > revert back as task-desktop depends on x-x-input-all, which depends on > x-x-input-synaptics. > > This is due to a change in synaptics package to make it be used instead of > libinput if both are installed. > The rationnal for that, as explained in the commit, is : > "The synaptics driver is more of a leaf package than libinput (which covers a > multitude of device types) and can be removed by default. When specifically > installed by the user, the synaptics driver should override the system > default." > > So IMHO synaptics shouldn't be installed by default. > That would break all non-gnome environments.
Cheers, Julien
