[oe] [PATCH] xinput-calibrator: add --boot-mode comand line option to wrapper script

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Andreas Müller
<schnitzeltony at googlemail.com> wrote:
...
> I can't see what this patch fixes. From my point of view we have currently:

This allow us to re-run it from a running system; in our use-case user
might want to re-run the colibration and without this patch it does
not work.

> * two conflicting/racing start types systemd and xdg/autostart
> * systemd service fails always - it doesn't know which display to use
> (error message something like 'cannot connect to xserver')
> * xdg/autostart sometimes fails because the touchscreen devices are
> not yet known to xserver (error message something like 'no devices to
> calibrate devices found'). This causes calibration being started from
> time to time.

You need to consider the use of serial touchscreen as well; we have
here one which we can test your proposed patch. Bear on mind that user
might want to run the calibration *again* so a script to support this
needs to be add as well.

> I am working on a complete different solution (udev/systemd automatic
> start) but need a few days to iron out & test. Can we wait few days
> before applying this to give me the chance to send an alternative?
> Sorry for this but I spent of efforts till now and wand to avoid
> rebasing.

If you plan to add support to our use-case too, sure. :-)

Regards,

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