Can't get Nautral Scrolling working!

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Hi all,
I have not been able to figure out how to get natural scrolling working in Tumbleweed. I am using a System76 Kudu laptop.

Gnome GUI settings appear correct with natural scrolling turned on.
Also checked the “get” settings here:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse natural-scroll true
They both reflected true already, but I changed them and changed them back just in case…

Not sure where else to go. Lots of instructions for other distros of different ages, so I want to be careful here.

Any help out there?

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This thread may be helpful to you…
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/517202-Gnome-disable-natural-scrolling

If not, I assume libinput is being used for your touchpad here? (You can check the Xorg log for to confirm)

Then check the current touchpad device properties and report back here

xinput list

xinput list-props <your touchpad device ID>

or using ‘libinput-list-devices’ (assuming libinput is in use)

sudo libinput-list-devices

or filtered for ‘TouchPad’…

sudo libinput-list-devices|awk '/TouchPad/' RS="

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Thanks,
Yeah, I found that thread which helped me confirm both settings were true. Not sure where to go next and having trouble finding something helpful, so thanks for your help.

xinput list:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]

xinput list-props 11 - Not smart enough to see anything magic here!
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad’:
Device Enabled (139): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (141): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (267): 1
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (268): 2.500000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (269): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (270): 12.500000
Synaptics Edges (271): 1680, 5372, 1439, 4475
Synaptics Finger (272): 25, 30, 0
Synaptics Tap Time (273): 180
Synaptics Tap Move (274): 244
Synaptics Tap Durations (275): 180, 180, 100
Synaptics ClickPad (276): 1
Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (277): 0
Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (278): 282
Synaptics Two-Finger Width (279): 7
Synaptics Scrolling Distance (280): 111, 111
Synaptics Edge Scrolling (281): 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (282): 1, 0
Synaptics Move Speed (283): 1.000000, 1.750000, 0.035991, 0.000000
Synaptics Off (284): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags (285): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (286): 5000
Synaptics Tap Action (287): 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 2
Synaptics Click Action (288): 1, 3, 2
Synaptics Circular Scrolling (289): 0
Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (290): 0.100000
Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (291): 0
Synaptics Circular Pad (292): 0
Synaptics Palm Detection (293): 0
Synaptics Palm Dimensions (294): 10, 200
Synaptics Coasting Speed (295): 20.000000, 50.000000
Synaptics Pressure Motion (296): 30, 160
Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (297): 1.000000, 1.000000
Synaptics Grab Event Device (298): 0
Synaptics Gestures (299): 1
Synaptics Capabilities (300): 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1
Synaptics Pad Resolution (301): 61, 44
Synaptics Area (302): 0, 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Soft Button Areas (303): 3526, 0, 4086, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Noise Cancellation (304): 27, 27
Device Product ID (263): 2, 7
Device Node (262): “/dev/input/event1”

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libinput does not appear to be installed. I had to install xinput to get the above info as I had no installed that either. I can obviously install it if you think that would be helpful.

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Yes, I think Gnome specifically requires it.

zypper in xf86-input-libinput

Not sure if synaptics needs to be removed, but if so do

zypper rm xf86-input-synaptics

Restart the X-server when done and see if that helps.

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Genius! Thanks!

I never would have figured that out without your help!

Works perfectly.

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All good. Glad to have been of assistance.

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While doing some heavy researching yesterday, saw tech notes that said it does not need to be removed. But, also, does not hurt. Sorry, too much material in too many places to give a citation.:wink:

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Well, normally the Xorg input config files ensure that libinput takes preference, but I just wanted to make sure I didn’t get a ‘that didn’t work’ reply, so easier to show how to get rid of it. :slight_smile: