I have just made the move from openSUSE 13.2 to Tumbleweed. Previously on openSUSE 13.2, my touchpad would recognize a two finger click as a right-click function, yet it doesn’t seem configurable with Tumbleweed. Anybody else have this issue or know how to get the two finger click back? I didn’t realize how much of a staple it’s been for me until it was taken away!
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus NP940X3G-K05US
Thanks in advance.
Speculation on my part, but I wonder if with the move to Tumbelweed, you’re now using the libinput driver, where previously the synaptics driver may have been in use? You can check this with
grep "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
List input devices with
xinput list
then properties for a given device eg for device 12
xinput list-props 12
Which desktop environment are you using? This information might help others to advise further.
FWIW, a similar thread here:
Thanks for the “xinput”!
I’m currently using GNOME v3.20.2
I’m indeed using the synaptics driver for the ‘ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad’
xinput list-props returns:
Device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad':
Device Enabled (136): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (138): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (268): 1
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (269): 2.500000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (270): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (271): 12.500000
Synaptics Edges (302): 123, 2974, 105, 1851
Synaptics Finger (303): 1, 1, 0
Synaptics Tap Time (304): 180
Synaptics Tap Move (305): 161
Synaptics Tap Durations (306): 180, 100, 100
Synaptics ClickPad (307): 1
Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (308): 0
Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (309): 282
Synaptics Two-Finger Width (310): 7
Synaptics Scrolling Distance (311): 73, 73
Synaptics Edge Scrolling (312): 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (313): 1, 0
Synaptics Move Speed (314): 1.000000, 1.750000, 0.054615, 0.000000
Synaptics Off (315): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags (316): 0
Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (317): 5000
Synaptics Tap Action (318): 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 2
Synaptics Click Action (319): 1, 3, 2
Synaptics Circular Scrolling (320): 0
Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (321): 0.100000
Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (322): 0
Synaptics Circular Pad (323): 0
Synaptics Palm Detection (324): 0
Synaptics Palm Dimensions (325): 10, 200
Synaptics Coasting Speed (326): 20.000000, 50.000000
Synaptics Pressure Motion (327): 30, 160
Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (328): 1.000000, 1.000000
Synaptics Grab Event Device (329): 0
Synaptics Gestures (330): 1
Synaptics Capabilities (331): 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1
Synaptics Pad Resolution (332): 31, 32
Synaptics Area (333): 0, 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Soft Button Areas (334): 1548, 0, 1603, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Synaptics Noise Cancellation (335): 18, 18
Device Product ID (260): 2, 14
Device Node (259): "/dev/input/event1"
This is odd! I’ve got my two-finger-click right-click back, but now my two-finger-drag for scrolling is inverse… :\
I’m not a Gnome user, but perhaps there’s something useful in this thread
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/491904-natural-scrolling-in-Gnome-doesn-t-stay-enabled
Thanks for the tidbit. I had tried installing gsynaptics and confirmed that my horizontal scrolling was indeed enabled. In searching for how people are editing their *synaptics.conf file, I stumbled upon this, which shows horiz and vert scrolling values set to -111
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Natural_scrolling
But I can’t seem to properly edit the conf file and get it working successfully… perhaps I’m missing something simple yet crucial.
Boom!
zypper rm xorg-x11-driver-input
zypper rm xf86-input-synaptics
zypper rm xf86-input-evdev
zypper install xf86-input-libinput
While uninstalling, the gsynaptics stuff (if installed) will have to go. In my case, xf86-input-libinput was already installed, but worth ensuring.
All good now?