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ginn package

Ginn should start automatically as daemon

Bug #773138 reported by Marius B. Kotsbak on 2011-04-29

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ginn	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
	ginn (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev

I am using a Gigabyte T1005 that seems to support 2 finger positions (and thus I can't test the 3 finger based gestures that are supposed to work in Natty).

I would expect to be able to scroll using 2 fingers like on the touch pad (which is hidden behind the screen in tablet mode...). Maybe the direction should be opposite (like it is in MS Windows), the screen scrolls in the same direction as the fingers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1366x768
edid-base64: AP///////wAw5EgCAAAAAAATAQOAFg14Ch7lmFpTlSYcUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhtWYFAAFjAwIDUA4H4AAAAbAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBMRyBEaXNwbGF5CiAgAAAA/ABMUDEwMVdIMS1UTEI0ABQ=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Fri Apr 29 12:05:53 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-24 00:13:36.140970
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b100]
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b100]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: GIGABYTE T1005
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=nb_NO:en
LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=f1d0446d-3ea3-46a7-9842-8773acca78e6 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash i8042.noloop=1 vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-24 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.bios.version: GSBF05
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: T1005
dmi.board.vendor: GIGABYTE
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnGIGABYTE:bvrGSBF05:bd08/30/2010:svnGIGABYTE:pnT1005:pvrGSBF05:rvnGIGABYTE:rnT1005:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: T1005
dmi.product.version: GSBF05
dmi.sys.vendor: GIGABYTE
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-04-29:

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-04-29:

My evdev based touch pad works, so I suppose evdev detects that it is a touch screen and do not do the multitouch scrolling detection that would be nice until a proper framework for scrolling is in place (see brainstorm idea #18320).

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-04-29:

I don't see this tab to configure this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/21396/how-to-really-use-multitouch-gestures-now

There is something here that might be used: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/T101MT#EXPERIMENTAL TWO-FINGER TOUCH DAEMON

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-05:

Geistest seems to capture correct gestures, containing up to two buttons (more probably not supported by the hardware):

Gesture id 454 type 0 finished
attr "device id" = 10
attr "timestamp" = 21330897
attr "root window id" = 173
attr "event window id" = 46137382
attr "child window id" = 46137382
attr "focus x" = 0.000000
attr "focus y" = 0.000000
attr "gesture name" = "Drag,touch=2"
attr "touches" = 2
attr "delta x" = -0.186823
attr "delta y" = 0.468864
attr "velocity x" = -0.004671
attr "velocity y" = 0.011722
attr "position x" = 911.900818
attr "position y" = 455.923828
attr "boundingbox x1" = 765.478210
attr "boundingbox y1" = 447.109161
attr "boundingbox x2" = 1057.202637
attr "boundingbox y2" = 465.676208
attr "touch 0 id" = 2.000000
attr "touch 0 x" = 1057.202637
attr "touch 0 y" = 465.676208
attr "touch 1 id" = 4.000000
attr "touch 1 x" = 765.478210
attr "touch 1 y" = 447.109161

Gesture id 490 type 1 finished
attr "device id" = 10
attr "timestamp" = 21477057
attr "root window id" = 173
attr "event window id" = 46137382
attr "child window id" = 46137382
attr "focus x" = 806.000000
attr "focus y" = 328.000000
attr "gesture name" = "Pinch,touch=2"
attr "touches" = 2
attr "radius delta" = -0.999410
attr "radial velocity" = -0.024985
attr "radius" = 108.662643
attr "boundingbox x1" = 676.061279
attr "boundingbox y1" = 328.580231
attr "boundingbox x2" = 807.924805
attr "boundingbox y2" = 458.100739
attr "touch 0 id" = 2.000000
attr "touch 0 x" = 807.924805
attr "touch 0 y" = 328.580231
attr "touch 1 id" = 3.000000
attr "touch 1 x" = 676.061279
attr "touch 1 y" = 458.100739

Why are those not giving any effect in the desktop or any programs?

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-05:

Since geistest gives the correct input, I suppose the evdev driver does what it should and it is something higher up that does not propagate these signals correctly.

affects:

xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) → utouch (Ubuntu)

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-05:

Same with gesturetest:

Gesture ID: 671
Gesture Type: 3: Drag - Two Fingers
Device ID: 10
Timestamp: 22406921
Root Window: 0xad: (root window)
Event Window: 0x2c00026: "marius@marius-T1005: ~/tmp/update-manager/update-manager-0.150/UpdateManager"
Child Window: 0x2c00026: "marius@marius-T1005: ~/tmp/update-manager/update-manager-0.150/UpdateManager"
Focus X: 812.000000
Focus Y: 583.000000
Status: 2
Num Props: 16
  Property 0: 0.000000
  Property 1: 18.754580
  Property 2: -0.019311
  Property 3: 1.172161
  Property 4: 956.530701
  Property 5: 585.049072
  Property 6: 813.595642
  Property 7: 575.765564
  Property 8: 1097.611450
  Property 9: 594.332642
  Property 10: 1.000000
  Property 11: 813.595642
  Property 12: 575.765564
  Property 13: 3.000000
  Property 14: 1097.611450
  Property 15: 594.332642

and "ginn".

Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) on 2011-05-07

summary:

- Two finger scrolling not working with touch screen using evdev driver
+ Multitouch gestures not working with touch screen using evdev driver

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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote on 2011-05-16: Re: Multitouch gestures not working with touch screen using evdev driver

Gestures are working properly since you see the correct output from geistest. Now you need something to listen to those gestures. Ginn can translate two finger drag events into scroll events. In Ubuntu 11.04, you should be able to run ginn at the command line to do this. Otherwise, you will need to wait until there is native support added to applications and/or toolkits.

I am closing this as invalid since gestures appear to be working properly.

Thanks!

Changed in utouch (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-16:

You are right, it works after starting "ginn" from the command line. I changed the title of the bug then, as this was not intuitive at all.

summary:	- Multitouch gestures not working with touch screen using evdev driver + Ginn should start automatically as daemon
Changed in utouch (Ubuntu):
status:	Invalid → New
affects:	utouch (Ubuntu) → ginn (Ubuntu)

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-18:

Hmm, there is a file: /etc/xdg/autostart/ginn.desktop which means it should automatically be started....
It might be caused by bug #460746, but other things in there seems to be started, like "update-notifier".

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote on 2011-05-18:

#10

Are you using ginn from the utouch PPA?

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-18:

#11

Japp, that is true. Forgot that I added it to try to solve the original problem in this bug. I just got an updated version of ginn package now from the PPA and after reboot it starts and works fine. Anyway, the bug is still valid for a fresh installations of Natty.

Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) on 2011-05-18

Changed in ginn:
status:	New → Fix Released
Changed in ginn (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Mohamed IKBEL Boulabiar (boulabiar) wrote on 2011-05-23:

#12

The decision of running ginn on start-up was not accepted because we haven't tested it enough (whether it causes other problems).
In the next release Oneiric this will be fixed.

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Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko) wrote on 2011-05-23:

#13

I understand that that might be an issue. But then we probably could supply an init script, but not enable it by default, maybe by adding an option to a "/etc/default/ginn" file to enable it.

Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) on 2012-03-12

Changed in ginn (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

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