> -----Original Message----- > From: chase.doug...@canonical.com > Sent: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:07:44 -0500 > To: stephen.w...@canonical.com > Subject: Re: [Multi-touch-dev] uTouch for Lucid Lynx > > On 01/27/2011 09:16 AM, Stephen M. Webb wrote: >> On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 06:01 -0800, Duncan M. McGreggor wrote: >>> On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Leonardo Morelli wrote: >>> >>>> I was wondering if there's a way to use uTouch in Kubuntu 10.04 >>>> Lucid. I >>>> was able to install it on Maverick but had to switch back to Lucid >>>> (video card related issues). And now I can't find a version for Lucid. >>>> What about building it from source in Lucid? would it work? >> >> There's no reason why _most_ of the uTouch stack should not just build >> and run fine on 10.04. The one exception is the evdev plugin for the >> x.org server: 10.04 and 10.10 use the same upstream version of the >> x.org server but the version of the evdev plugin we use as part of the >> uTouch stack (2.3) is much newer than the one found in 10.04 (1.8). >> Unfortunately this is Chase's area of expertise and I have no idea how >> much effort would be required to backport evdev 1.8 to Lucid or what >> impact it would have. > > One would need to patch both xserver-xorg-input-evdev and xorg-server. > Then, you probably will need to be running a newer kernel than 2.6.32. I > would suspect that the kernels from maverick or natty should work fine > in lucid. Of course, then you have to build all the utouch stack on top > of that :). > > -- Chase
I think I'll wait until I upgrade to Maverick or Natty, it looks like I can make a serious mess here :P If only my video card worked in Maverick... Thanks anyway! Leo ____________________________________________________________ Publish your photos in seconds for FREE TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev Post to : multi-touch-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~multi-touch-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
