Thread: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
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sulu is offline sulu
2012-01-25 , 15:56
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Originally Posted by Estel View Post
It's not very easy to notice it at beginning, but there is easy way of testing it - open xvkbd, terminal, and try to write something, by taping on virtual keyboard. Tap any letter, then, without touching screen any more, wait for a while. In my case, letter auto-repeat, just because cursor is still "over" letter on vkb.

Sulu, could You check, if it also happens in Your case? Any way, ideas what may be causing this, anyone?
I can't confirm this. Starting a terminal and clicking a letter in xvkbd doesn't produce any other letters afterwards.
I'm not sure what might cause this bug but it kind of reminds me of the ctrl button issue that I encountered after my dist-upgrade (see regressions list in ED wiki article). I didn't pay attention to it anymore but now that I checked it sems to be gone. No idea if it has to do with the xephyr backport.
However, can you please try if pressing ctrl stops writing further letters? Just to make sure it's not a coincidence if it works, please try Shift too.
It might also be interesting to know what xev says when this happens.

Originally Posted by Estel View Post
On 2 devices that I've tested, it works flawlessly - 100% of times - by tapping every edge of the screen. 4 panels are 100% possible - it's just me, who use 2 panels and still have much free space on them - my invention on filling it with content seems small
I can confirm that it works for me too.
But I noticed one minor problem: If there is an icon in the panel where the mouse cursor will be placed, that icon will be launched. So you'll have to take care to click only areas where no icons are in the panel.

Four panels might be overkill, but I think three could be useful:
The two long sides for an application launcher panel with big icons and a task bar panel. One of the short sides for status indicators like a clock or notification area.

Have you been able to test the iceweasel/chromium touchscreen addons yet?
 

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