Bug#905773: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Sometimes driver not found

2018-08-09 Thread ael
ion "PalmDetect""1" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "1" # does not work well with buttons below Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "150" Option "FingerLow" "24" Option &quo

Bug#773389: Freezes on another machine

2014-12-30 Thread ael
I spoke too soon. I am now seeing pointer freezes on the amd64 machine. Different phenomena, but perhaps associated. I need to switch to a pseudo terminal and rmmod psmouse; modprobe psmouse to get control of the pointer back under X. gpm was still working in the pseudo terminal before the reload.

Bug#773389: Only on one machine

2014-12-29 Thread ael
, but reloading the psmouse driver fixes that. Not sure that that is connected: unlikely, I think. Both report the trackpad as Vendor 0x2, Product 0x7. I am not sure how to get further information on the hardware differences, although I guess they might both be using the same chip. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#773389: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Pointer gets hidden requires tap or window exchange to re-appear

2014-12-17 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.8.1-1 Severity: normal I first noticed this today (17/12/14) although it is possible that it happened yesterday. Checking /var/log/dpkg.log, no obvious (to me) package update stood out. If I have several xterms open, and I work in one, then

Bug#773389: Also in firefox

2014-12-17 Thread ael
Just realised that the same is happening in firefox. I noticed this for the first time (I think) yesterday. Presumably certain xevents are being missed? I couldn't figure out a way to use xev to investigate this problem. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#764853: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Some Option settings in xorg.conf do not work on some machines.

2014-10-11 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.8.1-1 Severity: normal You will see from below that I have an InputClass section for a Synaptics touch pad. The odd thing is that while the EmulateMidButtonTime setting is working (as revealed by synclient), the other Options like HorizEdgeScroll

Bug#733238: xserver-xorg-input-evdev: ioctl EVIOCGBIT for bitmask in EvdevOpenMTDev failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

2013-12-29 Thread ael
On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 08:32:32PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 16:22:21 +, ael wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev Version: 1:2.8.2-1 Severity: normal From Xorg.0.log: (EE) evdev: PS2++ Logitech TrackMan: ioctl EVIOCGBIT for bitmask

Bug#733238: Removing udev rule does not modify bug

2013-12-29 Thread ael
xorg.conf includes:- Section InputClass Identifier marble_FX Driver evdev MatchProductImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse|Logitech USB Trackball|PS2++ Logitech Mouse|PS2++ Logitech

Bug#733238: xserver-xorg-input-evdev: ioctl EVIOCGBIT for bitmask in EvdevOpenMTDev failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

2013-12-27 Thread ael
Mouse (ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event*, GOTO=xorg_marble_end #ENV{ID_PATH}!=platform-i8042-serio-1, GOTO=xorg_marble_end # Above for PS/2, misses USB. name below seems to be enough ATTRS{name}==ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse, GOTO=marbles ATTRS{name}==Logitech USB

Bug#643693: Fixed in 1.5.99.904-1

2012-05-01 Thread ael
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics version 1.5.99.904-1 seems to have fixed this, so I will close the bug. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120501134738

Bug#643693: Fixed in 1.5.99.904-1

2012-05-01 Thread ael
Apologies :-( Last message sent to wrong bug. This is *not* fixed by any synaptics update ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120501135113.GC4728

Bug#629243: Synaptics right button disabled

2011-12-16 Thread ael
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 05:59:54PM +0100, ael wrote: The Synaptics right button disabled is present almost every time I start X. The problem is not with X: gpm and mev also fail to detect the right button before X is started. Nor does it seem to be a kernel problem: using an older kernel

Bug#650210: xserver-xorg: /usr/bin/X segfault at address 0x8

2011-11-28 Thread ael
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 03:00:54AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: ael law_ence@ntlworld.com (27/11/2011): Attempting to start x as a normal user segfaults. You're getting VESA here. Starting as root succeeds... And MGA there. Yes, but I noted that the same problem arises

Bug#629243: xserver-xorg-1:7.6+8 - xserver-xorg-1:7.6+9 culprit?

2011-10-23 Thread ael
I now believe that the problem arose on the xserver-xorg upgrade to 1:7.6+9. I will consider whether I should raise a new bug against xserver rather than synaptics... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#629243: Synaptics right button disabled

2011-10-22 Thread ael
The Synaptics right button disabled is present almost every time I start X. One new datum: if I rmmod psmouse; modprobe psmouse then on the controlling terminal (but not in /var/log/Xorg.log) I get [typed by hand since copy-and-paste no longer possible]:

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-21 Thread ael
This problem with a partially disabled touchpad - the right button failing to work is especially problematic - seems to have become more severe. Restarting X repeatedly is now failing to clear the problem. I can see no obvious recent package upgrade that might explain the problem. But many of the

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-20 Thread ael
I have now found that the problem that I encountered is more subtle. 1) Only some of the synaptics functions were disabled. In particular, the second right (button 3) was not recognised. However scrolling was still working. 2) Restarting X re-enabled full button recognition. Maybe a race

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-20 Thread ael
My synaptics touchpad is not longer working because the module is uloaded: - extract from Xorg.log -- [40.390] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event11) [40.390] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass

Bug#643693: Panning failure: 1 or 2 pixels only

2011-10-01 Thread ael
. After the upgrades, and the same xrandr command, the panning seems to be restricted to approximately 601 or 602 pixels. This is surely a bug, or is the xrandr command not the correct way to enable panning across a virtual screen? Is there some documentation I have missed? ael

Bug#643693: Panning failure: 1 or 2 pixels only

2011-10-01 Thread ael
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 12:42:26PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:47:54 +0100, ael wrote: I now confirm that panning seems to be restricted to 1 or 2 pixels (vertically in this case). To summarize, before the recent upgrades, panning worked as expected

Bug#643693: x11-xserver-utils: [xrandr] xrandr no longer sets up virtual screen

2011-09-29 Thread ael
. As noted in the first report, current changes to 1024 x 1024 despite --mode 1024x600. I am not sure whether that is significant. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Bug#643693: x11-xserver-utils: [xrandr] xrandr no longer sets up virtual screen

2011-09-28 Thread ael
Package: x11-xserver-utils Version: 7.6+3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropiate *** * What led up to the situation? * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? * What was the outcome of this

Bug#624576: Resolved

2011-04-30 Thread ael
small touchpad on a netbook. I know that others have found such examples helpful: they have emailed me about getting touchpads working. Thanks for the help. I will now close this bug. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#624576: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Touchpad configuration lost after upgrade: InputClass being applied to the wrong devices

2011-04-29 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.4.0-1 Severity: important After the recent testing upgrades, my Synaptics configuration specified in my xorg.conf:- -- Section InputClass Identifier SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
to reboot :-) I am now trying to find where InputClass evdev touchpad catchall and InputClass touchpad catchall are defined and whether these are the root cause of the problem. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#624576: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Touchpad configuration lost after upgrade: InputClass being applied to the wrong devices

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:46:53PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:03:38 +0100, ael wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.4.0-1 Severity: important After the recent testing upgrades, my Synaptics configuration specified in my xorg.conf

Bug#624576: 50-synaptics.conf

2011-04-29 Thread ael
I have just discovered /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf I hadn't seen any documenataion of these new configuration files :-( Moving 50-synaptics.conf out of the way changes things: the touchpad is now configured in some as yet unknown way. It is far too sensitive and is almost

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:06:55PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:57:14 +0100, ael wrote: I tried adding Option Device/dev/input/event10 into xorg.conf in the hope that it would ensure that the configuration would be applied to the touchpad alone

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:41:26PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 21:36:25 +0100, ael wrote: Ok. I saw the MatchIsTouchpad in 50-synaptics.conf and was about to look at the man page. I guess these are new parameters since I last read the man page. So you added

Bug#622885: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Graphics freeze after starting X and moving first xterm window: solid, reproducible.

2011-04-16 Thread ael
release. I confirm that NoAccel appears to fix the problem on 1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2. Although the non accelerated version is very painful compared to nv :-( . Will test unstable version later today, I hope. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#622885: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Graphics freeze after starting X and moving first xterm window: solid, reproducible.

2011-04-16 Thread ael
with Turning off acceleration fixes the problem as with the earlier version. I will report upstream when I have read about their tracking system Thanks for the help, ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#577773: xserver-xorg-core: No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

2010-04-15 Thread ael
, and I imagine that I will need to do the same for a Synaptics touchpad on a netbook. To save others the time and trouble, I am happy to make them available to others. I could add them to an existing bug (probably the one on trackballs). Or should they appear as examples in one of the packages? ael

Bug#577773: xserver-xorg-core: No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

2010-04-14 Thread ael
(ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event*, GOTO=xorg_marble_end #ENV{ID_PATH}!=platform-i8042-serio-1, GOTO=xorg_marble_end # Above for PS/2, misses USB. name below seems to be enough ATTRS{name}==ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse, GOTO=marbles ATTRS{name}==Logitech USB Trackball

Bug#563385: Trackballs

2010-03-06 Thread ael
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 01:05:00PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: ael wrote: I could send my rules if it would be useful. Yes, please, it could help some people, especially the submitter. In my quick reply, I hadn't noticed that this was a bug report. My working udev rules are already

Bug#558318: Trackball udev support (patch included)

2010-01-29 Thread ael
-trackball.rules Here are the contents: - # Logitech Marble Mice PN 804377-, PN 810-000767 or # PN 804251- connected via USB or PS/2 # Marble FX or Marble Mouse (ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event

Bug#558318: Trackball udev support (patch included)

2010-01-29 Thread ael
or # PN 804251- connected via USB or PS/2 # Marble FX or Marble Mouse (ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event*, GOTO=xorg_marble_end #ENV{ID_PATH}!=platform-i8042-serio-1, GOTO=xorg_marble_end # Above for PS/2, misses USB. name below seems to be enough ATTRS{name}==ImExPS

Bug#558318: 558...@bugs.debian.org

2010-01-28 Thread ael
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Bug#498632: Bug in reading Maximum Pixel Clock rate from DVI EDID

2010-01-11 Thread ael
the nv driver has another issue with panel size. As far as I can see, this part of the edid specification (as on Wikipedia) is unambiguous so a fix ought to be simple? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#498632: nv not allowing native resolution

2010-01-11 Thread ael
as if it is still a panel size problem with nv rather than the pixel clock. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#498632: nv reading/interpreting EDID from monitor over DVI-D

2010-01-10 Thread ael
properly. Why should the nv driver interpret the tiiming data differently for different interfaces? In passing, it seems that the closed source nvidia driver also has problems with this monitor on DVI-D. Is Dell doing something evil in its monitors? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x

Bug#498632: nv reading/interpreting EDID from monitor over DVI-D

2010-01-10 Thread ael
In my previous report I had only noticed a single byte difference in the EDID dumps over vga as opposed to DVI. In fact there are four:- $ cmp -l edid.bin_vga edid.bin_DVI 11 33 34 21 16 200 100 24 21 128 113 333 My attempt to decode these didn't seem to match

Bug#498632: nv failing to detect monitor size on DVI-D

2009-12-26 Thread ael
); computed from UseEdidDpi X config Dec 26 12:39:45 NVIDIA(0): option --[snip]-- === ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#558318: xserver-xorg-input-mouse: Missing trackball support

2009-11-28 Thread ael
/policy/. I think the package needs to install it somewhere like /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/ Thanks, ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#558318: xserver-xorg-input-mouse: Missing trackball support

2009-11-28 Thread ael
Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 13:35:21 +, ael wrote: Julien Cristau wrote: You'll need to explain in more details what doesn't work, so that it can be fixed properly instead of hacked around in an fdi file. It is (default) button mapping. Of course, users may want

Bug#558318: xserver-xorg-input-mouse: Missing trackball support

2009-11-27 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-mouse Version: 1:1.4.0-4 Severity: important Tags: patch Most logitech trackballs do not work because there is no fdi file included. Either such a file needs to be included in this package since trackballs are perhaps variants of mice, or there needs to be an extra

Bug#555388: xserver-xorg-input-joystick: X segfaults when no joystick connected

2009-11-09 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-joystick Version: 1:1.4.1-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Log file covers everything, I think:- X.Org X Server 1.6.5 Release Date: 2009-10-11 X Protocol Version 11,

Bug#412287: xserver-xorg-input-joystick: upstream have patched?

2007-05-13 Thread ael
xserver-xorg-input-joystick-1:1.1.0-1 seems to be completely broken as reported here: I hit the same bug on 2 completely different machines, one i386 and the other amd64 architecture. Upstream appear to have extensively patched and presumably fixed the problem on 13/3/2007. Any chance of a new