Bug#870301: systemd: Touchpad fix Dell Inspiron Mini 1012

[bw]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, Michael Biebl wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:04:46 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:44:17 -0400 (EDT) bw <bwtnguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2017, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > > > It would be great if you can file this issue upstream at
> > > > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues
> > > >
> > > > Such a change really belongs into upstream and should not be added as a
> > > > downstream patch.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > 
> > > I know but they don't want it, I put info in the attachment.
> > 
> > Well, if the issue is still valid with v234 or v235, upstream is happy
> > to review a patch.
> > 
> > You can either test on a sid/buster system or use the v234 stretch backport.
> > 
> 
> 
> Ping? Are you still interested in getting this upstream?
> 
> -- 
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> universe are pointed away from Earth?
> 
> 

Hi Michael,  Sorry, I haven't forgotten the issue.  I have done a little 
more work on it here.  One thing I did was switch back to synaptics for 
touchpad driver.  That did eliminate all the "Libinput: Bug... " spam 
in Xorg log, but I'm not sure if this makes the whole issue irrelevant.

I spent some time trying to understand why udev even has "evdev" rules, 
and why the reported dimensions are inaccurate in the first place.  I know 
the machine has some real quirks in the way hardware is reported, 
including a kboard backlight issue, there is no kboard backlight.

I'll go back and read your earlier posts, and see what I need to do.  I 
guess you are recommending that I upgrade systemd and use upstream bug 
reporting instead of debian bugtracker?

Sorry to be slow on what you asked me to do, but I might as well try and 
do it right.  Takes me awhile sometimes, but I will get it done.

Thanks,
bw