Is it possible to include trackpad driver from GalliumOS ?

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Is it possible to include trackpad driver from GalliumOS ? #128

Closed jonkirkman closed 8 years ago

jonkirkman commented 8 years ago

I've noticed that the trackpad driver used in https://galliumos.org/ behaves almost exactly like ChromeOS. What's the possibility to integrate that driver into this project?

Thank you for all the great work!

ehegnes commented 8 years ago

As far as I know, GalliumOS uses the same driver we use — it's actually a driver created by the person who started GalliumOS. The only feature I miss from ChromeOS regarding the touchpad is the three-finger swipe to change tabs in Chrome. Can you elaborate on the features that you consider to be missing?

jonkirkman commented 8 years ago

That's great to know that it's the same driver. That suggests my configuration just needs to be tweaked.

The few issues I've experienced are:

tap to click is less reliable and requires more pressure to register
two-finger tapping is not enabled
cursor jumping while typing is much more frequent (trackpad detecting palms)

ehegnes commented 8 years ago

I think the Xorg config files are the same as used in GalliumOS, since they're provided by the xf86-input-cmt project, but I'll check. I also haven't found palm detection to be as reliable as I would like.

Two-finger tapping works for me. @jonkirkman, are you using X11?

jonkirkman commented 8 years ago

Further digging revealed that xf86-input-cmt didn't install correctly. Thanks for the tips!

raphael commented 8 years ago

so this issue can be closed?