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Avoid creating new devices from within the input thread which was the case for tablet tools. It requires a lot more care about locking and has a potential to mess up things. Instead, schedule a WorkProc and buffer all events until we have the device created. Once that's done, replay the event sequence so far. If the device comes into proximity and out again before we manage to create the new device we just ditch the whole sequence and wait for the next proximity in. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
xf86-input-libinput - a libinput-based X driver
The official repository for this driver is http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-libinput/
This is an X driver based on libinput. It is a thin wrapper around libinput, so while it does provide all features that libinput supports it does little beyond.
WARNING: misconfiguration of an X input driver may leave you without usable input devices in your X session. Use with caution.
Prerequisites
To build, you'll need the X.Org X server SDK (check your distribution for a xorg-x11-server-devel package or similar) and libinput (check your distribution for libinput-devel or similar).
To get libinput from source, see: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libinput/
To build the X server from source: http://www.x.org/wiki/Building_the_X_Window_System/
Building
To build this driver:
autoreconf -vif
./configure --prefix=$HOME/build
make && make install
Note that this assumes the same prefix as used in "Building the X Window System" above, adjust as required. If you want a system install, use a prefix of /usr.
Install the default configuration file:
cp conf/99-libinput.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
This will assign this driver to all devices. Use with caution.
Bugs
Bugs in libinput go to the "libinput" component of wayland: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wayland
Bugs in this driver go to the "Input/libinput" component of xorg: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg