~Toughbooktalk~

Or: (since it is there and used already)((most/ all of the distros I use already have a directory /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d))


Seriously Kode though I owed you one this has been nibbling at the edge of consciousness for a while. Thank you for some new insight.

Teaching part.

This code and Kode's code redirect (>) the output of calibrator to a new file named 99-calibrator.conf. I'll look at this in a minute on a Linux distro to find how few lines we can do. (from a fresh install)((one without xinput-calibrate in the package manager))

We'll call it calibrator light.

Sadlmkr wrote: We'll call it calibrator light.

Great taste. Less filling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QnMS2rDksw

Hey Kode,
I used your version of calibrator light.....re-opened the /etc/X11/modprobe.d/99-calibration.conf and deleted the top lines , leaving only the calibration part.
Control x save and robert is your mother's brother.
Worked good.

Thanks,

J'd...light it is...

This should be a sticky. Blair, Rob???

Iḿ on a live usb Navigatrix, reading posts and catching up before another long drive to work later tonight. Wouldn´t it be great to find a nice and easy linux distribution that would run live on a usb, and allow you to save your settings concerning gps, gpsd, and xinputcalibrator?

I don't know what you did but the 17.1 is saving some stuff.

The mini stick fits inside the Fully Rugged models..(door shut) The dental floss :
1. Useful for pulling the stick.
2. Tucks inside or....
3. Hangs out so you can find it.

I don't know why I didn't think of looking at this, but xinput_calibrator has all the options to write directly to a file without the extra crap.

kode-niner wrote:I don't know why I didn't think of looking at this, but xinput_calibrator has all the options to write directly to a file without the extra crap.

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xinput_calibrator --output-type xorg.conf.d --output-filename /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf

This works too. Very nice.

My biggest problem anymore is to find xinput_calibrator for a particular flavor of Linux.

What do you know about psmouse.conf? For the CF-29 draggy touchpad thing. The newest versions don't want to play.....means they don't show it in xorg.0.log.
Quick fix is 'xset m 8 1'.........previously 'options psmouse resolution=400' worked. File name was /etc/X11/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf ......
As I think about it the culprits were Slackware types. Maybe Debian. Maybe notes would be a good idea.

It's Cleve's fault...he sent me a three inch stack of distros to try.

Hahaha, you guys with the trying-every-distro-under-the-sun fetish. You could always simply download xinput_calibrator and compile it on whatever distro that doesn't have it in its repos. I think they might even package deb or rpm files on the developer's site.

About psmouse.conf, I haven't really fooled around with tweaking the mouse parameters at the moment the module is loaded. I usually go along the route of modifying its behaviour in xorg instead, such as files in xorg.conf.d. I'll look into this later. I haven't fired up the CF-29 in a bit.

Well fire it up mate.
Arch Linux gets a \/.
Kali 64 gets a \/.
Typing this from a Knoppix Live. No bads yet.

I/we are looking for the distros that don't run the customers away.

Cleve and I have a feeling for the "older" Toughbooks.

Some /most/all of the regular users have to try something else. It's their machine.....go for it mates....You don't have to do what I am doing. Mine works for me friends ....what works for you?

There are several keepers so far....and the posts will be forthcoming.

Are you busy February 8 and 9?

Dinner is done, see ya.

Jayburd...BTW \/ is NOT...(raucous air-horn sound)...