On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Paul Fox-2 [via OLPC] <[email protected]> wrote: > milan wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Martin Langhoff > > <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > > > With these changes, the touchpads should move a little bit slower, > > > have a bit more precision, and be a lot less 'jumpy'. In fact, when > > > they data gets jumpy, the driver ignores the data instead of jumping > > > wildly. > > > > > > Is the kangaroo mode gone? Is it more usable now? Are other effects > > > creeping in? > > > > I have ALPS touchpad. > > > > The mouse movement is perhaps a bit less jumpy then in old 802, but > > overall not very useable. There are times when it's ok (just slower > > then on the default 802 version), but there are times when it stops > > almost completely to respond to moving finger. Sometimes it has to be > > nudged 10 times to move the width or height of the screen. I cannot > > really tell why it is ok and why it starts behave like that. It comes > > and goes. Several times it moved slowly by itself. In a way it appears > > better when I do a continuos line draw (like when drawing spirals), > > but when using it in an application (does not seem to matter which > > app), and move the mouse quite a bit, it starts exhibit the "no > > respond" behavior. > > as with the old touchpad driver, the best thing to do when the > touchpad is behaving badly is to remove your finger from it for a > few seconds. it will usually detect the condition, and > recalibrate. the tricky part is that if your finger is still on > or very near the touchpad while the recalibration occurs, the > problem probably won't get better, and may get worse. > > it's very frustrating that the laptops have such a crippled input > device. all we can do in the driver is try and notice when things > "go bad", and make teh best of it, but we can't _prevent_ them > from going bad.
yes i understand the hardware device is, well, quite bad... > > thanks very much for your testing. > > > > > > > > > Comparison test drawing spirals: > > > > > > - Grab 2 XOs with the same touchpad type, load the old stable 802 on > > > one, and my test build (802B1) on the other. If you only have one XO, > > > try one OS after the other... > > > > > > - Open Paint and draw spirals > > > > > > 1) try to keep it reasonably tight > > > 2) stop if you collide or get sloppy > > > 3) count the number of cycles > > > 4) try again N times > > > 5) use the average cycles as a measure > > > > well, I only have one XO 1 and did not go back to old 802. With 802b1, > > I typically managed to do about 5 spiral cycles before it drew into > > the previous line. But after changing brush size I got a completely > > unpredictable behavior (non-responding or jumpy) > > > > I can also tell that the right part of the pad is much less sensitive > > (going up and down on the right does not move the mouse), this seems a > > hardware issue i wonder what others see. > > when you say "right part of the pad", i assume your finger is still in > the middle section, and not all the way into the right section. yes, still in the middle section. the righmost 1/2cm of the middle section basically does not respond at all. I assume this is hardware, however, I will go back to old 802 and double check and report back if it behaves differently. . I have not noticed it explicitly before, but when I think about it, finger drawing large circles was always funny. > the right > and left sections will definitely not respond. if your finger is just > at the righthand edge of the middle section, then your touchpad may truly > be faulty. you can run a diagnostic: hold the "Check" gamepad key while > booting, and then hit ESC to get an "ok" prompt. then type "test /mouse". yes, thanks. I am pretty sure I ran test way in the past, and it was OK, but will try again. milan > > paul > =--------------------- > paul fox, [hidden email] > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > ________________________________ > View message @ > http://n2.nabble.com/8-2-2-Beta-1-test-request-tp4112256p4127361.html > To unsubscribe from Re: 8.2.2 Beta-1 test request, click here. > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/8-2-2-Beta-1-test-request-tp4112256p4127517.html Sent from the Software development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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