On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 05:42:39PM -0700, Ping Cheng wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Peter Hutterer
> > <peter.hutte...@who-t.net<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 09:19:28AM -0700, Ping Cheng wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Peter Hutterer
> > >> <peter.hutte...@who-t.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >> > so BTN_A through to BTN_D?
> > >>
> > >> BTN_LEFT, BTN_RIGHT, BTN_FORWARD, BTN_BACKWARD. This is the generic
> > >> type of devices, such as Bamboo.
> > >>
> > >> >> > if it's not providing pointer coordinates, why does it do
> > >> >> > BTN_TOUCH?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If I do not set BTN_TOUCH, the device goes to joystick driver. We
> can not
> > >> >> control it any more.
> > >> >
> > >> > isn't there a blacklist/whitelist facility in the kernel for that?
> > >>
> > >> It is not the driver in the kernel. it is the joystick driver in X
> server.
> > >
> > > heh, funny. we don't even ship that driver in Fedora/RHEL because most
> of
> > > the time it doesn't actually do what users want it to do :) Having said
> > > that, this would need an adjustment in the configuration, it's not
> something
> > > we should hack around by setting bits that shouldn't be there.
> >
> > Yeah, I see joystick driver was disabled by default in the config file
> > [1]. However, we can not assume no one will enable it. The fact is, on
> > my testing machine, I did not enable it.
>
> what distribution and version is this?
>
> > > BTN_TOUCH has a specific meaning, we shouldn't set it unless we
> actually
> > > intend to send the events for it.
> >
> > Then what solution do you have for us to support this pad without
> > interfering with joystick? From kernel input documentation, it looks
> > like we are not violating the rules. You have to touch the pad to send
> > events ;-).
> >
> > I do not have to use BTN_TOUCH. But, please make a suggestion if you
> > do not like this one.
>
> it's hard to guess from here, do you have the Xorg.log that shows which
> input classes are applied?
>
> 50-joystick.conf should sort before 50-wacom.conf so the wacom-specific
> configuration should override any joystick configurations. Having said
> that,
> that depends on the device name - what is the name for the device?
I do not remember the details. It is for the new Intuos. I have struggled
with some other issues along with this one. It was a pain.
I'll test it again tomorrow and check the log for you.
Ping
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