libinput is a library to handle input devices in Wayland compositors and to provide a generic X.Org input driver. It provides device detection, device handling, input device event processing and abstraction so minimize the amount of custom input code compositors need to provide the common set of functionality that users expect.
Questions tagged [libinput]
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How to switch from libinput to synaptics in Ubuntu 18.04
There is a problem with my laptop — jumping cursor. I think the hardware is the source of the problem. Maybe toucpad is just very inaccurate when getting finger coordinates and touching events.
On Ubuntu 14.04 I just set vertical and horizontal…
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How to configure touchpad tap sensitivity?
Since I upgraded to 17.10, touchpad tap sensitivity is too low, and frequently misses my taps. I know that the system has figured out that my Lenovo Yoga 2 has a Synaptics touchpad:
$ sudo evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of…
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After upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 - Tap to click is not reliable anymore
I upgraded from Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 and realized tap to click is not reliable anymore. Approximately 40% of taps simply does nothing. Did you notice similar issues? Is it possible to fix this? (I use lenovo l450).
Edit: I use xorg session.
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How to disable the "tap dragging"-feature in Ubuntu 18.04 (libinput) without disabling "tap to click"?
I can't seem to figure out how to disable the "tap dragging"-feature in Ubuntu 18.04's libinput. By disabling "tap dragging" I mean that I want to disable the dragging-functionality when using tap without actually disabling "Tap-to-click". This way…
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How to add natural (/inverted) mouse-scrolling in i3 window manager?
As you can maybe see, this is my first post. So, I have already been trying and researching a lot, but I still can't solve this problem.
I really enjoy natural scrolling, but not only on my touchpad, but also on my mouse - but this did not work so…
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Adaptive acceleration for touchpad on Ubuntu 17.10
I recently updated from Ubuntu 16.04 running Unity to 17.10 running GNOME. Since the upgrade, I'm missing the adaptive acceleration feature on my touchpad. I absolutely loved it because it was more accurate for shorter distances.
On digging a bit, I…
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Latest libinput on ubuntu
Coming mostly from Fedora and Archlinux I used to have the latest libinput available in a reasonable time. Currently, on ubuntu 18.04 I do not see how can I have the latest libinput e.g. 1.12 at the time of writing on my machine. Is there a ppa or…
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Libinput: Change Touchpad 2 finger and 3 finger clicks
Back in synaptics touchpad, it was possible to use:
synclient TapButton2=2 synclient TapButton3=3
and set two-finger and three-finger clicks. What are configurations for Libinput?
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Change cursor speed in libinput
I'm using libinput on my Ubuntu 16.04 , I am able to change some of the touchpad settings such as tap to click and natural scrolling, but I'm not sure how to change the cursor speed. I googled it and didn't find much help.
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Touchpad using libinput instead of synaptics driver
The touchpad on my lenovo x230 is not running the synaptics driver which I need for its increased capabilities. Instead, it's using libinput. How can I get the synaptics driver to take priority on boot?
The touchpad is (xinput list):
⎜ ↳ PS/2…
Kevin Pierce
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How to disable smooth scrolling
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and smooth scrolling is enabled everywhere. Is there a way to turn it off? From my experience in Debian, switching to libinput causes this exact-to-the-pixel scrolling behavior. Is there a way to get back the old three-line…
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Keyboard not working after shutdown (ASUS Zenbook 13 OLED UM325S)
I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my new ASUS Zenbook 13 OLED UM325S.
Keyboard is not working after a cold boot. Keyboard will start working on the next boot, if the device is rebooted at Cryptsetup stage or later. Cryptsetup is affected as well, so…
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How to configure touchpad two fingers tap as middle click in ubuntu 19.10? Libinput is used
I would like that my touchpad two fingers tap works as a mouse middle click on ubuntu 19.10.The default in Ubuntu is the three tap fingers but I prefer using two fingers.
This was pretty easy in my former laptop using synaptics driver options (as…
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How to disable mouse debouncing in libinput
Just got a new mouse (glorious model o) and I can get double clicks on it (I click once, get two clicks) however I can only get it to register two clicks on windows. I've done some research and I'm pretty sure that it is libinput preventing double…
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erratic behaviour of trackpoint on thinkpad t420s [UBUNTU 18.04]
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 and the trackpoint shows an erratic behaviour. When moving the cursor in one direction, it first moves in some direction and then moves the right way.
It is a strange behaviour, as though there is some kind of…
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