Bug 805377 – Regression: raw events do not contain relative values

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Bug 805377 - Regression: raw events do not contain relative values

Summary:	Regression: raw events do not contain relative values

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	xorg-x11-server (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Peter Hutterer
QA Contact:	Desktop QE
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Keywords:	Regression

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Reported:	2012-03-21 00:12 EDT by Peter Hutterer
Modified:	2017-02-06 10:04 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	xorg-x11-server-1.10.4-15.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Raw events did not contain relative axis values as they should. Introduced by backport of an upstream bug. Consequence: Clients relying on relative values for functioning would not behave as expected Fix: set the values to the original driver values instead of the already transformed values. Result: Raw events contain relative axis values
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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 03:27:37 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2012:0939	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: xorg-x11-server security and bug fix update	2012-06-19 15:28:31 EDT

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Description Peter Hutterer 2012-03-21 00:12:06 EDT

Description of problem:
Raw events do not contain relative values.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46976

Introduced by upstream commit 4e52cc0ef48145134cd58d357fb7289e6f8bb709 which was backported for Bug #783505.

Proposed fix upstream: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/9595/

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.10.4-14.el6

How reproducible:
Test program attached in freedesktop bugzilla.
  
Actual results:
The first value of raw events is always absolute.

Expected results:
Raw events from relative device (e.g. mice) should have both values in raw events as relative events.

Comment 2 RHEL Product and Program Management 2012-03-21 00:29:41 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 5 Peter Hutterer 2012-03-26 19:35:00 EDT

xorg-x11-server-1.10.4-15.el6 is available in brew

Comment 10 Peter Hutterer 2012-05-01 01:26:48 EDT

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: Raw events did not contain relative axis values as they should. Introduced by backport of an upstream bug.

Consequence: Clients relying on relative values for functioning would not behave as expected

Fix: set the values to the original driver values instead of the already transformed values.

Result: Raw events contain relative axis values

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 03:27:37 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0939.html

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