On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 18:41:18 -0400 Tom Horsley horsley1953@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 09:06:30 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote:
on fedora 22 I don't get drag lock (although I do get the top left mouse button mapped to button 8).
Anyone have any idea what might have changed here?
Well, isn't that clever. X isn't using "evdev" any longer. It is using the "totally compatible" drop in replacement "libinput" in fedora 22. Naturally, it has no support for drag lock. Just as naturally, the xinput "lisp-props" command still shows me the drag lock property as one I can set. After spending all weekend figuring this out, I have discovered a simple command that fixes all my problems:
dnf erase xorg-x11-drv-libinput
Now X finds and uses the nasty old useless obsolete evdev input driver and I can finally use my trackball again.
You might consider also filing bug(s) against libinput against the day that the old setup is dropped entirely.
kevin