Adding xorg-x11-drv-libinput to the Desktop's set of default packages

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 10:55:00 UTC 2015


On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 12-01-15 11:48, drago01 wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:47 AM, drago01 <drago01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> As explained here:
>>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibinputForXorg
>>>>
>>>> We want to move the input stack for xorg over to libinput, the plan
>>>> is to do this move gradually, starting with moving GNOME / the
>>>> desktop product over.
>>>>
>>>> Upstream GNOME is already working on adding support for
>>>> xf86-input-libinput's configuration API, once that lands
>>>> xorg-x11-drv-libinput should be added to the Desktop's set of default
>>>> packages, hence this mail.
>>>>
>>
>> One question though ... if both libinput and synapics are installed
>> which one will X pick? (asking because of upgrades).
>
>
> xorg-x11-drv-libinput will be preferred over the old evdev / synaptics
> drivers if both are installed.

OK.


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