Raphaël HALIMI <raphael.hal...@gmail.com> (2014-09-03): > Hi, > > In a effort to use the ThinkPad X240 touchpad in wheezy, I > backported libevdev and xserver-xorg-input-synaptics from > testing/unstable for my personnal use. The packages seem to integrate > flawlessly in Wheezy's Xorg so I'd like to make my work available for > other users through wheezy-backports. > > The packages are available at mentors.debian.net: > > https://mentors.debian.net/package/libevdev > https://mentors.debian.net/package/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics > > The ThinkPad X240 (and other laptops using the same touchpad model) is > failry new but judging by the various forum posts troughout the Web, an > updated Synaptics driver seems much needed to make easier use of these > new touchpads, namely support for the "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" option > (see [1] for more information). > > These packages are built following the guidelines on Debian Wiki > (https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingFormalBackports), inside a pbuilder > chroot. libevdev is missing in wheezy, but builds correctly without any > change; xserver-xorg-input-synaptics needs libevdev to build, again > without any change. > > I'm willing to maintain the backports for the lifetime of Wheezy if needed. > > [1] > http://who-t.blogspot.de/2014/03/xorg-synaptics-support-for-lenovo-t440.html
Adding debian-x@ to the loop to make sure they're aware of your backporting initiative. Mraw, KiBi.
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