Bug 206614

Summary:	x11-drivers/synaptics does not work properly with Xinerama
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nicholas Doyle <njdoyle+bugs>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	synaptics-fixxinerama.patch synaptics-ebuild.patch

Description Nicholas Doyle 2008-01-19 04:48:30 UTC

When using the Synaptics trackpad driver with a multi-monitor Xinerama X configuration the mouse will be restricted to the primary display when using the trackpad. The mouse will be unable to move between screens.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Nicholas Doyle 2008-01-19 04:49:18 UTC

Created attachment 141270 [details, diff]
synaptics-fixxinerama.patch

Patch to fix Synaptics driver.

Comment 2 Nicholas Doyle 2008-01-19 04:50:05 UTC

Created attachment 141271 [details, diff]
synaptics-ebuild.patch

Patch to ebuild.

Comment 3 Bryan Stine (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-02 00:29:02 UTC

Patch added (synaptics-fix-xinerama.patch) and included in 0.14.6-r2 ebuild.
Thanks.