[OLPC New Zealand] XO HDMI output missing the mouse pointer

[Barry Vercoe]

Walter Hi

Can you add Quozi to the thread below.  I don't know his email.
Thx
-- B

On 9/02/2014 11:19 a.m., Nicholas wrote:
> Hello NZOLPC list..
>
> Sorry this is going to sound a bit vague because it is =)
>
> If I am reading this correctly I was looking at a similar sounding problem the other day with my N900 when compiling GPM (general purpose mouse) support in links (console www browser). This is even though I had the necessary libraries installed the config(-ure) said it GPM support doesn't work. ..and yet strangly it kind of does.
>
> Best guess is the way GPM support is enabled in a touchscreen capable device (the N900 is a debian based touchscreen tablet). Assuming this is a touchscreen device (sorry for ignorance)? If so you will not be able to **easily** have cake and eat it too. Ie mirror a mouse-less output to get pointer support on one output alone. Yet there will be someone who can =)
>
> All the best, Nicholas
>
> ----- Original message -----
>> Not sure where this problem lies: in Sugar, in Gtk, in X, or at a
>> lower level. If it at a low level, I am not sure there is anyone at
>> OLPC with the know-how to work on it. Maybe Quozi.
>>
>> In any case, I'll write up a ticket.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Barry Vercoe <barry at laptop.org.nz> wrote:
>>> HDMI output certainly better than USB VGA adapter, especially since
>>> classrooms are moving away from projection towards large flat-panel
>>> displays.   But this innovation on the XO-4 and XO-Duo is largely lost
>>> when the HDMI image doesn't include the mouse pointer.   With the old
>>> VGA, I found an XO image on a large screen was a fast and efficient
>>> way to show a class how to negotiate views and Activities -- and the
>>> children could quickly show off their own constructions too.
>>> Now with HDMI one is obliged to hold a laser pointer in one hand, and
>>> then mouse or touch the screen with the other.
>>>
>>> Do we have a fix in progress?   I don't know whether my last complaint
>>> resulted in a ticket from anyone.   It would be great to have a fix in
>>> our next NZ build.   This should coincide with release of Walter's XO
>>> Teacher Trainer activity --   hopefully by March 20 when my next lot of
>>> teachers begin training, followed soon by those classes getting new
>>> XOs.
>>>
>>> I've been approached by Sitech Systems, www.sitech.co.nz, one of NZ's
>>> largest classroom providers, who proudly say their displays are
>>> compatible with Apple, Windows etc.   They want to say it works with
>>> Linux and the XO too.   I've loaned them an XO to test which HDMI cable
>>> is most reliable (since our micro HDMI port is quite flaky in the face
>>> of cable strain). I've warned them about the missing mouse pointer,
>>> and said a fix is in the works.   Can this be made really true?   And
>>> soon?   We're already lagging behind those devices that can send their
>>> images to a central display wirelessly, and this HDMI deficiency sets
>>> us back even further.
>>>
>>> -- barry
>>>
>>> CEO One Laptop per Child NZ Charitable Trust
>>> 14/2 Sixth Avenue
>>> Tauranga 3110 NZ
>>> +64 (0)21 627 421
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
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