Questions tagged [xinput]
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VNC screensaver & locker: missing XInput extensions
I use a vnc (tightvncserver) connection: Devuan/aarch64 and Armbian(Debian)/armfh (hosts) thru Win10/TigerVNC (client).
Since the upgrade of the underlying base to Debian Bookworm, xscreensaver and ...
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trying to disable touch screen via xinput against an Xwayland server
I'm trying to disable my touch screen via xinput, here's my output for the cmd:
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
⎡ Virtual core pointer ...
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How to correctly configure X11 to make a xinput property permanent?
I'm trying to set the "emulate middle click property" i enable with:
xinput set-prop "Logitech Gaming Mouse G402" "libinput Middle Emulation Enabled" 1
as a permanent ...
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How to address two different touch screens when they have the same name
I have recently bought a new computer with two touchscreens (yoga book 9) and installed linux (Ubuntu 22.04) on it, but it has some issues with automatically managing touch/stylus.
I've worked out how ...
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How to run script after input device is added?
I want to run a script, when I add an input device. On the one hand I need to run xmodmap, when an external keyboard is added to get there my key bindings. I achieved that already partial with a udev ...
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HID events are received, but mouse input still not working
I'd like to understand what I'm missing between HID events and libinput. I have a device that is sending correct mouse events, recorded from hid-recorder:
e.g. For a left-click:
# ReportID: 11 / ...
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Thinkpad T480 touchpad: enable vertical scroll (no DE), which config to use?
I don't know if im using libinput or synaptics cause i use both at the same time.
Xorg synaptic config
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the ...
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How can I throttle my click inputs
My mouse is often registering two click inputs when I press the button. I have confirmed this to be the case with xev. If I could just throttle inputs to even 1 click per .05ms that would probably be ...
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Help to figure out xinput transform matrix for a tablet?
I have a small wacom pad and a large monitor. And i wanted to reduce the area of the screen where the tablet surface is mapped. Sadly graphical utility does not allow this.
Currently the configuration ...
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Identify a specific mouse using xinput to process an xinput command
Using Manjaro 23.0, I found a way to decrease the speed of my USB SteelSeries mouse but I struggle to make it persistent. After some time being not in use, or a system reboot, the xinput settings ...
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Is there an alternative to the xinput --query-state command that works on wayland instead of only X11?
To put it most simply: I need to be able to check if any key is in the down or up state at any time from a script.
To explain my use case:
I have a have a script thats meant to execute while a certain ...
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udev inside lxc container
I am running a privileged Debian LXC Container on Proxmox, and then running Docker inside that. I am attempting to run an Xserver in a Docker container with Sunshine to stream to a Moonlight client. I ...
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xinput map-to-output extremely slow on debian Elkhart Lake processor
On an intel elkhart lake, currently my xinput map-to-output commands take a very long time to execute, let's say 15 seconds whereas it takes less than a second on a normal computer.
Is there a way to ...
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Xinput monitors key presses but not mouse clicks
The xinput list command gives me the following output (I access workstation via xRDP):
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer ...
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The trackpoint on my thinkpad is jittery
I use Manjaro linux on my Thinkpad T14(gen 2). The trackpoint isn't smooth, it jitters and it's difficult to control. Is there any way I can improve this?
OS: Manjaro 22.0.5 Sikaris
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xinput mouse setting not persistent during session
I use linux Manjaro Gnome X11.
I like to have a special setting of mouse buttons, which I obtain with xinput.
In order to make this setting persistent across sessions, I write the xinput in ~/....
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Scroll button click on mouse to open link in new tab on Debian / LXQT
With my wireless Logitech mouse I can't click on the scroll button to open a link in a new tab which I find practical (I use Ctrl+Left Click instead for now).
I've checked in Firefox' config
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How to program a Koolertron macropad?
I bought this macropad awhile ago but I haven't been able to figure out how to program it. Right now it types keys like a normal keyboard but I want to beable to run commands when I press the buttons. ...
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ChromeOS style touchpad gestures
I was redirected off of AskUbuntu - currently running Ubuntu Web. There doesn't seem to be much documentation or discussion of it on the web yet, but my experience so far says aside from running Unity ...
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Xorg.conf options not staying
I am trying to enable tap to click by default on my trackpad. The device name is "bcm5974". xinput --set-prop "bcm5974" "libinput Tapping Enabled" "1" works a ...
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Independent multipoint support in the same desktop session
I'd like to be able to collaborate with others in the same desktop environment, but not necessarily share the same cursor, keyboard, or other xinput masters. This is because many powerful desktop ...
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In a Wayland session, how to automatically disable input devices when the laptop lid is closed?
Running X11 I could install acpid and modify the /etc/acpi/handler.sh script to use xinput to do the deed:
button/lid)
case "$3" in
close)
#set variables so ...
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Map touch display of the same type with xinput - which is which
on my Linux box I have 2 DELL touch display of the exact same type. One is connected on HDMI-2, the other on DP-1. To map the touch display I use
sudo xinput --map-to-output _ID1_ HDMI-2
sudo xinput -...
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Inverting the scrolling of only one mouse
Hi I have two mice connected to my machine. One is a standard mouse, the other is a touchpad which, as a device, is split into the touchpad itself and the mouse part.
I would like to set the inverted ...
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Arch linux - Wacom display on thinkpad does not read any input
I have an issue with my wacom display on my thinkpad x390. The linux does not react to any movement of stylus or buttons on pen. I have wacom drivers installed.
this is output of libwacom-list-local-...
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What are 'default' props in xinput/libinput for?
I wanted to adjust vertical (two-finger) scrolling speed via xinput because my DE's settings utility does not expose that setting. So, I ran xinput --list-props to fetch a list of available settings ...
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Gtk's XInput2 detection test doesn't work
Trying to compile Gtk, configure stops with the error message:
configure: error: *** XInput2 extension not found. Check 'config.log' for more details.
Unfortunately, config.log does not contain any ...
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Can I make my system ignore a particular gamepad input?
I'm using a Corsair keyboard/touchpad combo which also functions as a gamepad input (it has a small joystick). It's a bit annoying because it often takes priority, so I have to unplug the keyboard to ...
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Really slow mouse speed in CentOS9 Stream
I am a new Linux user and I have tried to increase my mouse speed as the sensitivity has changed recently and it is very slow to move.
I have looked online and tried to change the sensitivity using ...
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Making Xinput commands permanent "For complete noobs"
As the title suggests, I need to rotate the touch input on a DSI display.
I am successful in rotating the input with this entered into the terminal.
xinput set-prop 'seeed-tp' 'Coordinate ...
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xserver not using hotplug keyboard and mouse
I'm using a Linux desktop. My own customized distro, using debian packages, but no systemd stuff.
The problem is if I re-plug the USB keyboard or mouse, the X will not respond to them anymore. unless ...
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Can't Move Mouse When Key Pressed
I'm running up-to-date arch on an Asus G15 (2021) and I'm using i3 as my WM.
I can't for the life of me, work out why the trackpad doesn't seem to work when I have a key pressed down.
Where would I ...
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Mouse sending spurious x11 event (scroll right button)
I have an annoying problem where my mouse seems to somewhat randomly emit a 'Scroll right' event (button press 7).
I am running Debian Buster on my main desktop at the moment. I have not made any ...
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Inputing accented letters in Qt applications on Cygwin
I am a native Portuguese speaker, and I am having problems when typing accented characters in any Qt application running on Cygwin.
Almost always, the result on the screen for any accented letter I ...
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X11 - How to invert axis on touchscreen matrix?
I have a tablet that I flashed Fedora Silverblue on, but the touchscreen has the Y-axis inverted when the device is on landscape, and X-Axis inverted portrait mode.
I've disabled wayland to use xinput ...
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Xinput/libinput button remapping with Trackball scrolling
So I'm using my trackball and I have configured it with trackball scrolling. What I now want to do is to remap the original scroll wheel to be used for some different function. The Problem is that ...
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Cannot scroll while moving mouse in Ubuntu VirtualBox guest
Applications in Ubuntu, such as Chromium or the GNOME Terminal, are not responsive to mouse wheel scroll events when moving the mouse cursor at the same time. I am running Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS as guest ...
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xorg keyboard config not working (us altgr-intl no deadkeys)
I'm trying to get my keyboard to use the us layout with variation altr-intl and no deadkeys.
Somehow my xorg-keyboard-config does not take effect. I looked up the config here arch-wiki but there seems ...
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Thinkpad T460 - how do I disable the touchpad?
I recently got a Thinkpad T460 and am running Ubuntu 20.04 on it. I don't use a DE, just plain old i3.
I'm like to keep my hands on the keyboard. That's why I like the trackpoint. However, I keep ...
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Unable to change mouse sensitivity
System: Debian 11 Bullseye
DE: XFCE or KDE
There is only an acceleration slider in the mouse settings (acceleration only).
And no acceleration profile or mode flags in xinput. Acceleration flags i ...
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PXN-0082 controller - xinput does not see but lsusb does - how to connect
I have an arcade controller I bought so my dying dad can play old school games.
but it does not show up under xinput, where it does show up under lsusb
Bus 003 Device 021: ID 0079:187c DragonRise Inc. ...
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Is it possible to combine two pointer xinput devices into a single device?
I'm using VirtualBox and it comes with a "Mouse Integration" feature, which creates a 2nd pointer input called VirtualBox mouse integration aside from the existing pointer input.
$ xinput
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Ubuntu -- Wireless mouse now showing in 'xinput list' but it's present in 'lsusb' and working correctly
I want to enable scrolling with my mouse click and I was following this link but I failed at start because when I'm running xinput list in terminal it's not showing my mouse there. However it is ...
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How to enable extra buttons on trackball?
On FreeBSD xev only recognizes clicks from the first 9 buttons from the Elecom Huge trackball. On Arch Linux clicks from all the 12 buttons are recognized.
As per recommendation from libinput ...
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Annoying multitouch behavior Elantech touchpad on Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
Recently I installed Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon.
Touchpad multi finger behavior is strange and annoying. When I tap with two fingers exactly at the same time, it performs right click and if one of my ...
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Disable button on mouse (Logitech M720 Triathlon)
There's a button on my mouse that I'm unable to disable. It's right next to my thumb and I keep clicking it by accident. It triggers some kind of alt+tab function and it's very annoying!
Here is my ...
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Cursor moving erratically on its own (not a duplicated)
I've read this post that is very similar to mine, but the difference is that I have the touchpad disabled and my xinput show as if I have more than one mouse installed when I only have just one ...
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Trying to disable the touchpad at wakeup
I am using a Thinkpad L13 Yoga and had the problem that the trackpoint stopped working after wakeup. So I followed the following hint (which basically reloads the psmouse module at wakeup): https://...
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Toggling touchpad with `xinput --disable <device>` kills user session
[Host running Arch linux 5.11.12-arch1-1 with gdm on Xorg.]
For years I've disabled/enabled my touchpad on the fly, directly from keyboard or cli as long as I had an active terminal session. I did ...
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Enable ThinkPad Trackpad on Arch Linux
I'm using Arch Linux on a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s. On a fresh install, the trackpad is disabled.
It's cumbersome to carry a mouse wherever I go, and the red knob in the middle of the keyboard is far from ...
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