How to save settings in xinput in Opensuse leap 42.3

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#1

Hi,

I use xinput to change properties of my mouse. But after reboot, all changes were lost.

I ever tried /etc/init.d/after.local, but it doesn’t work.

Thanks.

#2

That’s because they need to be executed with an active X-session running. Instead, you could add the commands within your user’s X-session by running them via a desktop ‘autostart’ file.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/autostarting#Desktop_entries

#3

Another option would be to add them to the X startup scripts.
E.g. /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession is run to start the user session (and desktop), and /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup is run when the graphical display is set up, i.e. this will also affect the login screen.

Or ~/.xinitrc, which is also executed when the X user session starts (system-wide location: /etc/X11/xinit/)

#4

I have created the .desktop file to execute xinput and set the desktop file as running at system boot. Ok, I get settings when I reboot the system. But when I created the desktop file to execute xset m 100, I still lost my settings when I reboot.

#5

What desktop are you using?
It might override the mouse acceleration settings with its own.

#6

My desktop is gnome.

#7

Then I would suggest trying to change the mouse speed/acceleration in gnome-control-center.

#8

There is no mouse configuration entry in mouse and touchpad under gnome-control-center.

#9

You mean it looks different than mine?

http://wstaw.org/m/2018/01/17/mouse_1.png

I’m not using GNOME, so probably cannot help you there though.
But I am using Leap 42.3…

Maybe try adding a delay to your xset call, something like this:

sleep 5; xset -m 100

What changes did you do exactly?
Maybe you made a mistake and xset is not run at all.
(I suppose it works if you run xset manually…)

#10

Is the libinput driver managing your touchpad device? Check via the Xorg log eg

grep "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
#11 
grep "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
    16.951] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
    16.974] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
    17.002] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
    17.014] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
    17.062] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ROCCAT ROCCAT Kova'
    17.092] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ROCCAT ROCCAT Kova'
    17.158] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'USB HD Webcam'
    17.183] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
    17.238] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
    17.279] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ROCCAT ROCCAT Kova'
#12

Ok that checks out as expected. I’m not a Gnome user, but as this Fedora thread described you’ll probably need to modify the touchpad settings via dconf…

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/10975/where-are-the-touchpad-settings/

  1. Open terminal and launch dconf-editor
  2. select org/gnome/desktop/peripherials/touchpad/tap-to-click