On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:03:32AM -0800, Thomas Daede wrote: > Thinkpad W540, with two finger right click on (which I think is off by > default): > > https://people.xiph.org/~tdaede/w540.evemu.xz got it, thanks. Cheers, Peter > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
