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Touchpad issue

#1 Post by Mirawara »

Hi,

I have a problem with the touchpad. It's difficult to explain but I try. I would like the mouse sensitivity to be higher with longer movements and lower with smaller movements. Like in Windows. In other Linux distributions I didn't had this issue (now I have Debian 10). I have to fix it otherwise the touchpad is unusable.

Thank you in advance.
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Re: Touchpad issue

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Computer? Make and Model?

Desktop Environment?
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Re: Touchpad issue

#3 Post by Hallvor »

KDE Bullseye lets you choose between flat and adaptive pointer acceleration, but there are probably other options out there. Older versions should also have this option (=Buster).

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Re: Touchpad issue

#4 Post by p.H »

Installing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics may help.
(despite its name, it does not work only with Synaptics touchpads)
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Re: Touchpad issue

#5 Post by Marie SWE »

Mirawara wrote:Hi,

I have a problem with the touchpad. It's difficult to explain but I try. I would like the mouse sensitivity to be higher with longer movements and lower with smaller movements. Like in Windows. In other Linux distributions I didn't had this issue (now I have Debian 10). I have to fix it otherwise the touchpad is unusable.

Thank you in advance.
I had the problem with hyper sensitive touchpad on all my laptops with Mint18.3 and LMDE3 mint is a spinoff debian-ubuntu-mint and lmde debian-mint but it worked on both and perhaps it works in debian to.

Mouse GUI doesn't work, and I found a terminal solution thru google and on some forum back in 2018.

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user@a73:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam                  	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                        	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ BRLTTY 5.4 Linux Screen Driver Keyboard 	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
user@a73:~$
on this laptop mouse id is 13
so with

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xinput set-prop "13" "Synaptics Finger" 30 60 255
my mouse stops behaving as it goes on speed when i holding my finger 5 millimeters above the pad.
Second number is how hard you need to press on the pad to get a reaction... The first and the third number i don't really know what thay ar doing as i don't notice anything when i change them.. i fond the code on some forum a couple of years ago

And i have installed: synclient

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user@a73:~$ synclient
Parameter settings:
    LeftEdge                = 100
    RightEdge               = 2408
    TopEdge                 = 71
    BottomEdge              = 1249
    FingerLow               = 30
    FingerHigh              = 70
    MaxTapTime              = 180
    MaxTapMove              = 124
    MaxDoubleTapTime        = 180
    SingleTapTimeout        = 180
    ClickTime               = 100
    EmulateMidButtonTime    = 75
    EmulateTwoFingerMinZ    = 282
    EmulateTwoFingerMinW    = 7
    VertScrollDelta         = 56
    HorizScrollDelta        = 56
    VertEdgeScroll          = 0
    HorizEdgeScroll         = 0
    CornerCoasting          = 0
    VertTwoFingerScroll     = 1
    HorizTwoFingerScroll    = 0
    MinSpeed                = 1
    MaxSpeed                = 1.75
    AccelFactor             = 0.0402229
    TouchpadOff             = 0
    LockedDrags             = 0
    LockedDragTimeout       = 5000
    RTCornerButton          = 0
    RBCornerButton          = 0
    LTCornerButton          = 0
    LBCornerButton          = 0
    TapButton1              = 0
    TapButton2              = 0
    TapButton3              = 0
    ClickFinger1            = 1
    ClickFinger2            = 1
    ClickFinger3            = 1
    CircularScrolling       = 0
    CircScrollDelta         = 0.1
    CircScrollTrigger       = 0
    CircularPad             = 0
    PalmDetect              = 0
    PalmMinWidth            = 10
    PalmMinZ                = 200
    CoastingSpeed           = 20
    CoastingFriction        = 50
    PressureMotionMinZ      = 30
    PressureMotionMaxZ      = 160
    PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
    PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
    GrabEventDevice         = 0
    TapAndDragGesture       = 1
    AreaLeftEdge            = 0
    AreaRightEdge           = 0
    AreaTopEdge             = 0
    AreaBottomEdge          = 0
    HorizHysteresis         = 14
    VertHysteresis          = 14
    ClickPad                = 0
user@a73:~$
Here a change

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synclient PressureMotionMinFactor=1
synclient vertEdgeScroll=0
synclient VertScrollDelta=150
synclient PalmDetect=1
synclient MinSpeed=0
synclient MaxSpeed=1
synclient AccelFactor=0.0402229

I really don't understand code, but we have experts in here :mrgreen: so they maybe can explain it better. :oops: :oops: :oops:
But it works.
It will reset every reboot so i made a script so i don't need touch the terminal more then necessary. :roll:

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#!/bin/bash
synclient PressureMotionMinFactor=1
synclient vertEdgeScroll=0
synclient VertScrollDelta=150
synclient PalmDetect=1
synclient MinSpeed=0
synclient MaxSpeed=1
synclient AccelFactor=0.0402229
xinput set-prop "12" "Synaptics Finger" 30 60 255

and saved it as a text file called: mousesettings.sh
Right click on the file, click Properties.. then the tab Rights.
check the box: Allow the file to run as a program
Now you just bubble click on it every time and the mouse behaves as you want.

Test which parameters suit you and your computer. :)

And I'm grateful if anyone wants to correct me on what I'm got wrong or right. :mrgreen: I am only a noobie on Linux :mrgreen:
Why make things complicated in life, if you can make it easier for yourself... Do it. ;o)
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Re: Touchpad issue

#6 Post by Mirawara »

arochester wrote:Computer? Make and Model?

Desktop Environment?
Asus RX571GT. Desktop Environment: default of Debian.
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Re: Touchpad issue

#7 Post by Mirawara »

Marie SWE wrote:
Mirawara wrote:Hi,

I have a problem with the touchpad. It's difficult to explain but I try. I would like the mouse sensitivity to be higher with longer movements and lower with smaller movements. Like in Windows. In other Linux distributions I didn't had this issue (now I have Debian 10). I have to fix it otherwise the touchpad is unusable.

Thank you in advance.
I had the problem with hyper sensitive touchpad on all my laptops with Mint18.3 and LMDE3 mint is a spinoff debian-ubuntu-mint and lmde debian-mint but it worked on both and perhaps it works in debian to.

Mouse GUI doesn't work, and I found a terminal solution thru google and on some forum back in 2018.

Code: Select all

user@a73:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB 2.0 UVC VGA WebCam                  	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                        	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ BRLTTY 5.4 Linux Screen Driver Keyboard 	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
user@a73:~$
on this laptop mouse id is 13
so with

Code: Select all

xinput set-prop "13" "Synaptics Finger" 30 60 255
my mouse stops behaving as it goes on speed when i holding my finger 5 millimeters above the pad.
Second number is how hard you need to press on the pad to get a reaction... The first and the third number i don't really know what thay ar doing as i don't notice anything when i change them.. i fond the code on some forum a couple of years ago

And i have installed: synclient

Code: Select all

user@a73:~$ synclient
Parameter settings:
    LeftEdge                = 100
    RightEdge               = 2408
    TopEdge                 = 71
    BottomEdge              = 1249
    FingerLow               = 30
    FingerHigh              = 70
    MaxTapTime              = 180
    MaxTapMove              = 124
    MaxDoubleTapTime        = 180
    SingleTapTimeout        = 180
    ClickTime               = 100
    EmulateMidButtonTime    = 75
    EmulateTwoFingerMinZ    = 282
    EmulateTwoFingerMinW    = 7
    VertScrollDelta         = 56
    HorizScrollDelta        = 56
    VertEdgeScroll          = 0
    HorizEdgeScroll         = 0
    CornerCoasting          = 0
    VertTwoFingerScroll     = 1
    HorizTwoFingerScroll    = 0
    MinSpeed                = 1
    MaxSpeed                = 1.75
    AccelFactor             = 0.0402229
    TouchpadOff             = 0
    LockedDrags             = 0
    LockedDragTimeout       = 5000
    RTCornerButton          = 0
    RBCornerButton          = 0
    LTCornerButton          = 0
    LBCornerButton          = 0
    TapButton1              = 0
    TapButton2              = 0
    TapButton3              = 0
    ClickFinger1            = 1
    ClickFinger2            = 1
    ClickFinger3            = 1
    CircularScrolling       = 0
    CircScrollDelta         = 0.1
    CircScrollTrigger       = 0
    CircularPad             = 0
    PalmDetect              = 0
    PalmMinWidth            = 10
    PalmMinZ                = 200
    CoastingSpeed           = 20
    CoastingFriction        = 50
    PressureMotionMinZ      = 30
    PressureMotionMaxZ      = 160
    PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
    PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
    GrabEventDevice         = 0
    TapAndDragGesture       = 1
    AreaLeftEdge            = 0
    AreaRightEdge           = 0
    AreaTopEdge             = 0
    AreaBottomEdge          = 0
    HorizHysteresis         = 14
    VertHysteresis          = 14
    ClickPad                = 0
user@a73:~$
Here a change

Code: Select all

synclient PressureMotionMinFactor=1
synclient vertEdgeScroll=0
synclient VertScrollDelta=150
synclient PalmDetect=1
synclient MinSpeed=0
synclient MaxSpeed=1
synclient AccelFactor=0.0402229

I really don't understand code, but we have experts in here :mrgreen: so they maybe can explain it better. :oops: :oops: :oops:
But it works.
It will reset every reboot so i made a script so i don't need touch the terminal more then necessary. :roll:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
synclient PressureMotionMinFactor=1
synclient vertEdgeScroll=0
synclient VertScrollDelta=150
synclient PalmDetect=1
synclient MinSpeed=0
synclient MaxSpeed=1
synclient AccelFactor=0.0402229
xinput set-prop "12" "Synaptics Finger" 30 60 255

and saved it as a text file called: mousesettings.sh
Right click on the file, click Properties.. then the tab Rights.
check the box: Allow the file to run as a program
Now you just bubble click on it every time and the mouse behaves as you want.

Test which parameters suit you and your computer. :)

And I'm grateful if anyone wants to correct me on what I'm got wrong or right. :mrgreen: I am only a noobie on Linux :mrgreen:
First of all, do you have to run the script on the boot everytime?
In any case I have tried but synclient doesn't work. It tells me that the synaptic drivers are not loaded.
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Re: Touchpad issue

#8 Post by p.H »

Did you reboot or restart the X server after installing xserver-xorg-input-synaptics ?
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