On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 6:24 PM, Martin Flöser <mgraess...@kde.org> wrote: > Am 2018-01-05 16:11, schrieb Marco Martin: >> >> debugging a bit what happens currently on my machine, i don't seem to >> have any event device which libinput_device_switch_has_switch, >> however, when i flip it, i do get an event, but oddly from the event >> device called >> "intel virtual button driver" and i get a key event of id 240. >> do you think it's a kernel problem and can'tbe made work on our level? >> I can also try to do the patch blindly, but how to test not having the >> proper hardware support? (on a running kwin, i know autotests have a >> fake libinput that injects events) >> I wonder on how many devices thoise events will actually work as >> intended... > > > From libinput documentation it seems to only be Lenovo Yoga currently. And > you probably need a rather new kernel, maybe even unreleased ones. This is a > pretty brand new feature in libinput and I don't think it's widely exposed. > > Best ask Peter Hutterer, he will also be able to help you get your device > supported so that we have it for everyone. I expect this will be a great > crowd effort which should be doable. If we have the infrastructure and easy > way to test/debug, we should be able to get some users to help there.
is there also a mailinglist, either libinput or kernel related where this things are being discussed? also, would it be possible with something like its autotests, to have a tiny root app that injects a fake event to have a good manual tests that can be ran on a running sessions? -- Marco Martin