Touchpad Multitouch does not work

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  • My laptop touchpad supported multitouch gestures on windows, but not Linux.
libinput list-devices
<SNIP> 
Device:           AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad
Kernel:           /dev/input/event24
Group:            10
Seat:             seat0, default
Size:             80x44mm
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

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I can use only two fingers (POINTER_SCROLL_FINGER)

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Have you ever said to your wife that your mother cooked better? :man_shrugging:

If you really don’t want an answer, leave this in the title:

" It was working on windows"

:footprints:

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I’m so sorry, I said “it was working on windows” to indicate that my touchpad supports multitouch, and it’s not a hardware issue.
I hate windows and I will not use it again, I’m using Linux for 2 years since I know it.

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It may not be so much the touchpad driver but the window manager or desktop environment support for gestures and the ways to configure them.

I found this:

libinput - ArchWiki

the whole article, but especially the section 3.5 and the following

Then there is the option to use the synaptics touchpad driver instead of libinput:

Touchpad Synaptics - ArchWiki

I rarely use my touchpad and never cared about gestures, so this is all just theoretical “knowledge”.

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I read the whole article trying what is recommended, I found Synaptics is deprecated and not supported.
libinput working properly only with two fingers, so any gestures software (touchegg, fusuma, libinput-gesutres, etc.) does not receive any swipe signal

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I already said that my “knowledge” is only theoretical.
But:
again from the very start of this site

Touchpad Synaptics - ArchWiki

That’s not what it says.

It says (the red box)

Warning: xf86-input-synaptics is no longer actively updated. If possible, use libinput. For some reasons why you might still prefer xf86-input-synaptics, see, e.g. [1] and [2].

That, to me, is not the same as: depreciated and not supported

But then there is the blue box right below that red box:

Note: If you want to configure touchpad via GNOME Settings, you need to use the libinput driver.[3]

Which means (to me) that there is no point in using synaptics - not when you are on Gnome, that is.

I have no solution or informed and tested advice to offer. :man_shrugging: