Libinput does not detect 3 finger swipes on my touchpad with manjaro kde. 3, 4 finger swipes work very well on windows but not here in manjaro.
-event3 DEVICE_ADDED Power Button seat0 default group1 cap:k
-event7 DEVICE_ADDED Video Bus seat0 default group2 cap:k
-event1 DEVICE_ADDED Power Button seat0 default group3 cap:k
-event0 DEVICE_ADDED Lid Switch seat0 default group4 cap:S
-event2 DEVICE_ADDED Sleep Button seat0 default group5 cap:k
-event8 DEVICE_ADDED Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M: seat0 default group6 cap:k
-event6 DEVICE_ADDED Dell WMI hotkeys seat0 default group7 cap:k
-event4 DEVICE_ADDED AT Translated Set 2 keyboard seat0 default group8 cap:k
-event9 DEVICE_ADDED AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick seat0 default group9 cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event10 DEVICE_ADDED AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad seat0 default group9 cap:p size 80x39mm tap(dl off) left scroll-nat scroll-2fg-edge dwt-on dwtp-on
-event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +4294967.295s KEY_RIGHTCTRL (97) pressed
event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +0.080s KEY_RIGHTCTRL (97) released
event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +3.188s KEY_RIGHTALT (100) pressed
event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +3.257s KEY_RIGHTALT (100) released
-event10 POINTER_MOTION +5.257s -0.20/ -0.14 ( -1.00/ -0.69)
event10 POINTER_MOTION +5.267s -1.18/ 0.27 ( -3.00/ +0.69)
event10 POINTER_MOTION +7.024s -0.84/ -1.17 ( -2.00/ -2.78)
event10 POINTER_MOTION +7.034s 0.40/ -0.28 ( +1.00/ -0.69)
event10 POINTER_MOTION +7.045s -5.36/ 1.43 (-13.00/ +3.47)
event10 POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER +8.117s vert 7.30/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
event10 POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER +8.138s vert 14.90/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
event10 POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER +8.158s vert 20.45/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
event10 POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER +8.178s vert 26.29/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0 (finger)
event10 POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER +8.190s vert 0.00/0.0* horiz 0.00/0.0* (finger)
-event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +11.056s *** (-1) pressed
event4 KEYBOARD_KEY +11.327s *** (-1) pressed
two finger swipes (POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER) are detected but nothing happens when I swipe with three fingers. Any idea how to get it working?
Do you have libinput-gestures package installed?
pobrn
18 February 2023 20:57
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Run libinput debug-gui and see if it even detects three fingers.
pobrn
18 February 2023 22:55
6
Have three finger gestures ever worked on any linux distribution?
not all touchpads support three finger gestures, specially older ones (having it working in windows has no relevance). your touchpad might respond to 3-finger taps and still not 3-finger gestures.
give result of;
$ sudo libinput list-devices
this touchpad supports three finger gestures, not just the tap but gestures work in windows and I remember they used to work in linux as well when it was synaptics not libinput
result:
Device: Power Button
Kernel: /dev/input/event3
Group: 1
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Video Bus
Kernel: /dev/input/event8
Group: 2
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Power Button
Kernel: /dev/input/event1
Group: 3
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Lid Switch
Kernel: /dev/input/event0
Group: 4
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: switch
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Sleep Button
Kernel: /dev/input/event2
Group: 5
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_1.3M:
Kernel: /dev/input/event7
Group: 6
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: Dell WMI hotkeys
Kernel: /dev/input/event6
Group: 7
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Kernel: /dev/input/event4
Group: 8
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: keyboard
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: n/a
Nat.scrolling: n/a
Middle emulation: n/a
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: none
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: n/a
Rotation: n/a
Device: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick
Kernel: /dev/input/event9
Group: 9
Seat: seat0, default
Capabilities: pointer
Tap-to-click: n/a
Tap-and-drag: n/a
Tap drag lock: n/a
Left-handed: disabled
Nat.scrolling: disabled
Middle emulation: disabled
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: *button
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: n/a
Disable-w-trackpointing: n/a
Accel profiles: flat *adaptive
Rotation: n/a
Device: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
Kernel: /dev/input/event10
Group: 9
Seat: seat0, default
Size: 80x39mm
Capabilities: pointer
Tap-to-click: disabled
Tap-and-drag: enabled
Tap drag lock: disabled
Left-handed: disabled
Nat.scrolling: disabled
Middle emulation: enabled
Calibration: n/a
Scroll methods: *two-finger edge
Click methods: none
Disable-w-typing: enabled
Disable-w-trackpointing: enabled
Accel profiles: flat *adaptive
Rotation: n/a
if you remember it working under linux then there is a chance, refer;https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Touchpad_Synaptics
there are few cases there, one requiring you to shutdown (not reboot) windows which will cause the multi-finger gestures to stop. refer the whole page
I setup the config file and everything now three finger tap is working, don’t know how to get the gestures working.
Running xinput list-props “AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad” | grep Capabilities
Synaptics Capabilities (354): 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0
---------
From left to right, this shows:
1: device has a physical left button
1: device has a physical middle button
1: device has a physical right button
1: device supports two-finger detection
1: device supports three-finger detection
1: device can configure vertical resolution
0: device can not configure horizontal resolution