Excerpts from Tim Gardner's message of Fri Jan 20 05:52:11 -0800 2012: > On 01/19/2012 11:43 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: > > On 01/20/2012 03:01 AM, Chase Douglas wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> We have everything ready (almost) for the upload of the X server into > >> Precise. It includes X server 1.11 plus the input stack from 1.12. It > >> also includes a bunch of interdependent packages that would break if you > >> were only to update your X server. Here's the known issues with the PPA: > >> > >> * No utouch-geis support, which means most of your gestures won't work > >> - Will be fixed by feature freeze > >> * Multitouch in Qt from indirect devices (e.g. trackpads) is broken > >> - Will be fixed in next Qt upload *after* we push these packages > >> * Qt is still building for armel, so don't test this on armel yet > >> * A security hole will kill your screen saver if you type > >> Ctrl+Alt+KP_Multiply > >> - Will be fixed in xkeyboard-config upload in the next couple hours > >> > >> Notably, xserver-xorg-input-synaptics has a large patch added in today > >> for multitouch support. The X synaptics module is used for all > >> trackpads. Please test that your trackpad is behaving sanely. > >> > >> We are mostly looking for blocker bugs right now (random X server > >> crashes, really obnoxious behavior, etc.). Please reply with any such > >> bugs you find. > > > > Oops, I forgot to mention the packages are in ppa:canonical-x/x-staging. > > The following should get you set up for testing: > > > > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-x/x-staging > > $ sudo apt-get update > > $ sudo apt-get upgrade > > > > I don't think you need to dist-upgrade for this as there shouldn't be > > any new packages or packages needing to be removed, but I'm not entirely > > certain. > > > > -- Chase > > > > Will any of these updates address cut and paste on a Mac touchpad ? It > appears to be impossible to select text without using an external mouse.
> Will any of these updates address cut and paste on a Mac touchpad ? It > appears to be impossible to select text without using an external mouse. I just copied/pasted that in precise (up to date within the last 3 days) using my MacBookAir 4,1's touchpad. It even pasted with 3 finger tap. -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
