Bug 10195

Summary: Move to libinput as default x input driver
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Jussi Kukkonen <jku>
Component: graphicsAssignee: Jussi Kukkonen <jku>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: David Lopez Barriba <davidx.lopez.barriba>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Medium+ CC: jose.perez.carranza, joshuagloe, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, ross.burton
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: 2.3 M1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Jussi Kukkonen 2016-08-30 12:13:03 UTC 
I just noticed xf86-input-synaptics and -evdev on my test machine, probably because meta/conf/machine/include/x86-base.inc says so. I believe upstream has considered libinput the default for a while, we should probably follow the lead.

This should be for Yocto 2.3, and may require tweaking the driver priorities (so default is libinput only but evdev and synaptics are preferred _if_ someone does install them).
Comment 2 Jussi Kukkonen 2016-11-17 09:20:04 UTC 
commit 0cdbd2ad94bf10651877058ea6f3c21df914a165
Author: Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen@intel.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 12:14:26 2016 +0300

    conf: Remove legacy X input drivers
    
    xf86-input-libinput is RRECOMMENDed by xserver-xorg, these
    legacy drivers are not needed.
    
    (From meta-yocto rev: 715f72d7842b4a789a78e7889b2f01cd41f02df8)


commit 85d1d268585962b4175e52f0bf9800727ef0a48b
Author: Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen@intel.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 11:37:39 2016 +0300

    xserver-xf86-config: Remove legacy drivers from xorg.conf
    
    Trying to configure evdev and mouse leads to errors in X startup
    because xf86-input-libinput is now the default. No configuration
    should be needed: xf86-input-libinput should just work out-of-the-box.
    
    (From OE-Core rev: bd1e0b50af7a0b08bb57cc684afaee1ca2a03545)


commit a1668c8721709f3d1bc0078737514111e1985bdd
Author: Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen@intel.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 11:37:38 2016 +0300

    conf: Use xf86-input-libinput by default
    
    Don't install legacy X input drivers for any machines by default,
    RRECOMMEND xf86-input-libinput instead.
    
    This is the setup suggested by upstream: install only libinput by
    default, but let niche legacy drivers sort higher in configuration
    so they get chosen if installed. So the order is:
     evdev < libinput < (synaptics|vmmouse|...)
    
    This also removes vmmouse X driver from the qemu config. If a VMware
    virtual mouse device really needs to be supported, we should enable
    CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_VMMOUSE in kernel instead: that is directly supported
    by the libinput X driver.
    
    Fixes [YOCTO #10195].
    
    (From OE-Core rev: 2d005faff6341a81a2afae28860101ba9db51ae8)