Comment 16 for bug 1686081

@me ... remember to use the <code> tags !!

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 4:10 PM Chris Rainey <email address hidden> wrote:

> Awesome. Welcome to GNOME proper!
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> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 3:35 PM Daniel Frost <email address hidden> wrote:
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>> Hm, some things you should not do in the middle of the night. :-(
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>> I have tried your code again today. It does work!
>> Touchpad works fine, settings are available.
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>> Yesterday, doing a simple copy&paste, I did miss the linebrake after the
>> end of the first line here in the launchpad code (same in the email).
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>> So I have to apologize for making you go "Hrmmmm ... curious." :-)
>> And thanks a lot for the working touchpad.
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686081
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>> Title:
>> If -synaptics is installed, GNOME Mouse & Touchpad Settings doesn't
>> work
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>> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
>> Fix Released
>> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
>> Confirmed
>> Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
>> Fix Released
>> Status in xorg source package in Artful:
>> Confirmed
>> Status in xubuntu-meta source package in Artful:
>> Fix Released
>>
>> Bug description:
>> I'm splitting this issue off from LP: #1685542 (which made xserver-
>> xorg-input-all no longer recommend xserver-xorg-input-synaptics) for
>> tracking the remaining issues.
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>> gnome-control-center only supports libinput. If xserver-xorg-input-
>> synaptics is installed (because it's used by some desktops which
>> haven't been ported to libinput yet), synaptics overrides libinput.
>> That makes gnome-control-center's Mouse & Touchpad settings panel only
>> show basic settings and important configurations don't work.
>>
>> Questions
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>> 1. Which desktops/apps still need -synaptics?
>> - Unity
>> - Xfce?
>> - LXDE? LXQt?
>> All the other major desktops have already been ported (LP: #1417980)
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>> 2. Can these apps be ported or removed before 18.04 LTS is released?
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>> 3. Can the desktops be ported and how bad is it if they are not ported
>> and -synaptics is no longer available?
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>> 4. If -synaptics can't be removed completely from 18.04 LTS, does it
>> make sense to have gnome-control-center Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-
>> synaptics?
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>> 5. Is there any other way we can fix this conflict?
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