Re: Touchpad data needed - 5 min of effort

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Thinkpad W540, with two finger right click on (which I think is off by
default):

https://people.xiph.org/~tdaede/w540.evemu.xz

On 11/13/2016 07:20 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> [Disclaimer: sorry if you've seen this one before, I posted it to desktop@
> but I only got one recording. That's not quite enough to call it a dataset,
> let alone do any analysis on it. Please do consider the minimal effort
> required on your behalf.]
> 
> Are you using a touchpad frequently during the day? Then please read on, I need
> some touchpad usage data and it'll only take you 5 minutes to run the commands
> below to gather the data.
> 
> If you're technical enough, here's the TLDR:
> in screen, run sudo evemu-record > touchpad-recording.evemu, select your
> touchpad device and at the end of the day upload a compressed tarball somewhere
> and send me the link off-list. thanks.
> 
> Otherwise, the steps one-by-one:
> 
> Open a a terminal now, then install evemu:
>    $> sudo dnf install -y evemu screen
> 
> Then start screen:
>    $> screen -S evemu
> 
> Now you're inside screen and you can start the recording
>    $> sudo evemu-record > $HOME/touchpad-recording.evemu
> 
> One device will be a touchpad, named "SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad" or some other
> name that should be identifiable. If you're on a late model Dell, it may be
> named DLL0234 or something. Once you selected the device, evemu will start
> recording.
> 
> Then hit Ctrl+a, then d to detach screen and return to the terminal.
> 
> Check that the recording works:
>    $> tail -f $HOME/touchpad-recording.evemu
> 
> Whenever you touch the touchpad, you should see events filling up the screen
> now. If so, everything is working. Hit Ctrl+C to quit the 'tail' command. You
> can close the terminal now.
> 
> The screen session will now sit in the background, recording all your touchpad
> events into that file. At the end of the day:
> 
> First, open a terminal and restore the screen session:
>    $> screen -r evemu
> 
> Hit Ctrl+C to interrupt the evemu-record process, then type exit to quit
> screen. Compress it first so it reduces in size a bit:
> 
>    $> gzip $HOME/touchpad-recording.evemu
> 
> Now upload the newly created $HOME/touchpad-recording.evemu.gz file somewhere
> and send me a off-list email with the link so I can grab it.
> 
> Thanks heaps.
> 
> As for "why" do I need this? I need it to analyse touchpad motion data to get
> an idea of what range of finger motion speed is common and expected during
> normal usage.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Peter 
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