maemo.org Bugzilla – Bug 6088
Very low touchscreen sensivitivity in the area near the left edge of the screen
Last modified: 2010-04-21 15:06:37 UTC
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SOFTWARE VERSION: 1.2009.41-10 on pre-production N900 lent at the Amsterdam summit. STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM: 1. Start Sketch. 2. Create a new document (Menu -> New). 3. Extend the new document so that it feels the screen (Menu -> Canvas size -> Add to left). 4. Select the brush tool (first icon from the left on the toolbar). 5. Select Fine or Thin width (6th icon from the left on the toolbar). 6. Scribble around the middle of the screen using the stylus to get a feel of the appropriate pressure needed. 7. Now try the same at the left edge of the screen. EXPECTED OUTCOME: Equal sensitivity in all parts of the screen. ACTUAL OUTCOME: The area near the left edge of the screen has very low to no pressure sensitivity. Even when applying pressure levels that I would consider dangerous there are still parts that I cannot draw on. REPRODUCIBILITY: Always. OTHER COMMENTS: This manifests in other ways, such as the "hover mode" activation gesture in the browser not working more often than not. The right side is fine. Top & bottom seem ok in general usage, but can't be tested in the same way since Sketch doesn't have a full-screen mode. Running the screen calibration tool several times made no difference. Not sure what the right component is, but this smells like a hardware defect (similar to bug 1069 on the N800). Here's hoping it's just this particular pre-production device...
Hmm... Eero, do you by any chance know anything about this for the preproduction devices (F5)?
In case it helps, sysinfo-tool reports the following: /component/product: RX-51 /component/hw-build: 2101 /component/nolo: 1.4.13 /certs/npc/variant_id: 0582645A /certs/ccc/id: 0582645A /device/sw-release-ver: RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.42-11_PR_MR0 /device/hw-version: 2101 /device/production-sn: MUM219190 /device/product-code: 0582645 /device/order-number: (blank) /device/basic-product-code: 0558710
I wonder if int-145074 is related...
(In reply to comment #3) > I wonder if int-145074 is related... Could be. But that's seems more about positioning (that moves when one presses screen more on the edges and due to the screen frame & flexing of the screen) than pressure sensitivity. Might be better to create a separate internal bug about this.
I do not experience touchscreen problems ATM and I have same data as above with exception of. /device/product-code: 0582645
(In reply to comment #5) > I do not experience touchscreen problems ATM and I have same data as above with > exception of. > > /device/product-code: 0582645 That's the same too, maybe I just got lucky I guess ;-)
I have similar problem. I don't speak english very well and i have upload a video to demostrate The problem reproduce at 40 sec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzpdHHhH4Hw Thanks for any help you can give me
Ive just tested it and this exested at all the 4 corners, not only on the lesf side!!! And I tested this on the desktop, the same, it is an overall weakness over the whole system, not just in the sketch application. Ive tested these on three different N900 with the latest stable official FW, so dont tell me this is not existed! Thanks!
I can confirm this problem on a recently purchased n900. There is a region of between 0.5 and 1mm width on the left of the screen that I can't activate. This makes "hover" mode very difficult to enter - fortunately there is a region at the bottom left that does work. Also, I note that the pointer position doesn't match the screen precisely, despite careful calibration. It is OK in the centre, but is between 0.1 and 1mm out (in the sense that the pointer is further from the centre than the activated pixel on the screen) on the extreme left and right edges. Same with up/down, although it is more difficult to see due to the smaller length. Overall this is a scale error of between 1 and 2%, which makes a noticeable difference in everyday use. I will file a bug report on this.
I checked this issue on Samsung GT-i8000, it is existed too. At the end of the screen sides, the sensitivity is really low, you have to push the screen stronger. I think this is because of the touch panel fastening, the flexibility of the panel is very low at the sides.v
This has been fixed in package xorg-server 2:1.6.99.1-0osso20090208.106+0m5 which is part of the internal build version 2010.04-9 (Note: 2009/2010 is the year, and the number after is the week.) A future public update released with the year/week later than this internal build version will include the fix. (This is not always already the next public update.) Please verify that this new version fixes the bug by marking this bug report as VERIFIED after the public update has been released and if you have some time. To answer popular followup questions: * Nokia does not announce release dates of public updates in advance. * There is currently no access to these internal, non-public build versions. A Brainstorm proposal to change this exists at http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/undelayed_bugfix_releases_for_nokia_open_source_packages-002/
Setting explicit PR1.2 milestone (so it's clearer in which public release the fix will be available to users). Sorry for the bugmail noise (you can filter on this message).
If you can't wait till PR1.2 (i.e. forever) maybe this package can help you: http://maemo.org/packages/package_instance/view/fremantle_extras-testing_free_armel/osso-applet-screencalibration-fix/1.12-6/