On 10/30/2013 11:41 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 05:11:10PM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote:
>> On 10/29/2013 05:09 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:54:58AM -0700, Daniel Colascione wrote:
>>>> The attached patch adds support for defining circular dead areas
>>>> around corners. At least in my use case, it doesn't make sense to
>>>> make large areas of the trackpad dead when only the corners are
>>>> problematic.
>>>
>>> I need more info here. what exactly is the "problematic" bit about the
>>> corners?
>>
>> On my machine (a Lenovo X1 Carbon), my palms frequently touch the
>> corners of the clickpad while I'm typing; palm detection is broken
>> because the kernel keeps reporting a finger width of zero. (See
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1245328.) Even
>> if palm detection were working, though, I don't think it'd help:
>> z-values seem to be about the same when I'm using the trackpad and
>> mashing it while typing.
>
> wouldn't this be better served by the classic
disable-touchpad-while-typing
> then?
No. I still want to be able to move the cursor. Disabling the corners is
the last disruptive option.
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