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    Phoronix: Multi-Touch For The X.Org Synaptics Driver

    Takashi Iwai of Novell/SuSE has just published a series of 18 patches for the X.Org Synaptics input driver that primarily provides multi-touch support. There's also some fixes and other changes to this Synaptics driver for X, but the primary feature is the addition of multi-touch support under Linux (and other X.Org-using operating systems) for supported hardware...

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  • #2
    Hmm this leaves me confused. I have an Elantech touchpad, which is supported by the Synaptics driver, and I definitely have multi-touch support since years: double and triple tapping, two-finger scroll, etc.

    Wasn't this supported on Synaptic-proper touchpads? Isn't it the same multi-touch we talk about?

    However as there's already a working multi-touch implementation for Elantech, I don't see what were Novell's patent concerns based on...

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    • #3
      Yay! Finally real support for my laptop's Clickpad.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by r1348 View Post
        Hmm this leaves me confused. I have an Elantech touchpad, which is supported by the Synaptics driver, and I definitely have multi-touch support since years: double and triple tapping, two-finger scroll, etc.

        Wasn't this supported on Synaptic-proper touchpads? Isn't it the same multi-touch we talk about?

        However as there's already a working multi-touch implementation for Elantech, I don't see what were Novell's patent concerns based on...
        I'm under the impression that newer Synaptics touchpads such as the "Clickpad" use an entirely different mechanism for multi-touch support.

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        • #5
          Does anybody know if the new Pinch feature will work on older touchpads like the 6.x series?

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          • #6
            Has anybody tested it? did anybody assemble a megapatch to apply?

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            • #7
              I've downloaded all the patches and compressed them. Download here: http://www.speedyshare.com/files/246...atches.tar.bz2. All the patches patch successfully using git xf86-input-synaptics, but it won't compile correctly after patching.

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              • #8
                Now we just need to figure out how to enable multitouch on all those touchpads that physically support multitouch, but are merely locked down by the firmware.

                Binary package hint: synaptic inspired by thread here - http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=44505922#post44505922 also reported by Engadget -http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/synaptics-driver-enables-multitouch-gestures-on-older-trackpads/ WHQL driver version 15.0.9.0 of synaptics enables multitouch - including two finger scrolling and , 3 finger press and 3 finger flick. Note that this does not support all touchpads (reg. hardware versions), but a lot of hardware have gott...

                Haven't updated your laptop's trackpad driver lately? Then you may well want to consider doing so, at least if your laptop is equipped with a Synaptics trackpad. As a user on the Hardware Zone forums discovered, the latest Synaptics driver seems to enable multitouch gestures on older laptops that didn't previously support them, including two-finger scrolling, and three-finger click. What's more, while the drivers themselves come from HP, they should work just fine on other laptops with a Synaptics trackpad. Hit up the link below to try it out for yourself.

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                • #9
                  Archers, a gift for you http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41592


                  It fails to load though...

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                  • #10
                    Admiral0,
                    FWIW I get the same errors with http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38120
                    But it seems to work.
                    Code:
                    (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad no synaptics event device found
                    (EE) Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
                    (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware
                    (EE) PreInit failed for input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
                    However, the multitouch patches causes my pointer to go a bit crazy.

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