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

[Peter Hutterer]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 01:40:23PM +0100, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> 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?

No, we don't handle tablets in libinput yet, pls leave wacom in place for
now. 

besides, transparently replacing the wacom driver is a bit more complicated
as clients rely a lot more on specific quirks of that driver than
evdev/synaptics.

Cheers,
   Peter

> >
> > 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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