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Description of problem:
Synaptics currently scales input coordinates based on the device resolution, with the simple calculation of y = y/(x:y ratio).
Bug 893808 requires scaling in the server to ensure consistent device behaviour for absolute devices in relative mode. For example, a circle on the tablet should ensure a circle on the screen. For that, the server needs to take the device resolution into account.
Touchpads are absolute devices in relative mode. For the server to scale appropriately, the synaptics driver cannot scale on its own. The fix proposed for 893808 bumps the minor input ABI and thus lets the driver detect whether it should scale or not. If not, the scaling is simply disabled at compile time.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.6.2-11.el6.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-1.13.0-11.1.el6.x86_64
How reproducible:
See Bug 893808 for the original bug
Actual results:
If the synaptics driver isn't patch to stop scaling, the server fix will result in a double-scale of input coordinates, slowing down y movement to an unacceptably slow speed.
Expected results:
With a patched driver, changes in touchpad speed are minor enough to be undetectable.
Additional info:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=21ea7ebb6a1ad56f3060747af0df235ca6ff27fahttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/commit/?id=0fb59b3487d57523a03f078a2061e2ea0cacbc7c
I tested this issue using a twinview setup, the intuos3, Intuos5 S and Intuos5 L. I laid a CD on the tablet's pad surface and used the center hole to trace a perfect circle in GIMP. Before the patch, doing this would draw an oval shape. With the new packages it creates a perfect circle meaning the speed is the same between X and Y.
Verified.
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/RHBA-2013-1644.html