I3 Community Image - How to change settings?

[johnsgp]

I’ve set up my laptop with the i3 Community Image found at Manjaro Downloads

I would like to change the touchpad so that it scrolls in the opposite direction to the default.

I found a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf but I’m not sure if I should edit that or something else.

With the GNOME image, I used a Settings GUI to do such things, but I’m a bit lost now.

There are other things I’d like to do as well, like experiment with screen resolutions. I tried arandr but it doesn’t let me choose the refresh rate.

My question is how to change settings in general, not just these two specifics. I had a look at the i3 User Guide and couldn’t find anything obvious there.

[megavolt]

@johnsgp

I found a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf but I’m not sure if I should edit that or something else.

Yes, that is the way with xorg.

@johnsgp

There are other things I’d like to do as well, like experiment with screen resolutions. I tried arandr but it doesn’t let me choose the refresh rate.

Use xrandr on the command line.

@johnsgp

With the GNOME image, I used a Settings GUI to do such things, but I’m a bit lost now.

Well, there is no GUI on I3 since it is not there to please causal users.

[cscs]

@johnsgp

My question is how to change settings in general

Well, it can depend.

@johnsgp

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf

In the case of files like this you can create your own file, with a higher priority by using a higher number, ex:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-my-touchpad-settings.conf

[johnsgp]

I guess there’s always the i3 discussions and the fabulous Manjaro forum for more general questions. Thanks to all who replied.