Libinput now enabled as default xorg driver for F-22 workstation installs

Vít Ondruch vondruch at redhat.com
Mon Feb 23 12:40:23 UTC 2015


Dne 23.2.2015 v 13:39 Vít Ondruch napsal(a):
> Dne 23.2.2015 v 13:32 Hans de Goede napsal(a):
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As described here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibinputForXorg
>>
>> We've been working on making xorg-x11-drv-libinput the default input
>> driver for the Xorg xserver under Fedora 22. All the necessary changes
>> for this are in place for the GNOME and KDE desktops. So starting with
>> the next Fedora 22 compose new Fedora 22 Workstation installations
>> will be using xorg-x11-drv-libinput instead of the -evdev and
>> -synaptics drivers.
>>
>> For existing installations the move to libinput will not happen
>> automatically, as  we have not added a hard dependency on
>> xorg-x11-drv-libinput so the XFCE, LXDE, etc. spins can keep using the
>> old drivers until they have adopted their mouse/touchpad configuration
>> settings tools to also work with xorg-x11-drv-libinput.
>>
>> If you're running F-22 with GNOME or KDE, please do the following to
>> switch to the new driver:
>>
>> "sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-libinput"
> Is it correct to assume that for GNOME and KDE, you can follow with:
>
> "sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-{evdev,synaptics}"

And probably wacom as well?

Vít


>
> I did that and everything seems to work just fine.
>
> Also, I can't see such change reflected in comps (yet?).
>
>
> Vít



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