Set Touchpad Configuration in Linux

  • One-minute read
!
Warning: This post is over 365 days old. The information may be out of date.

Table of Contents

Intro

when using linux we sometimes don’t find the computer working system properly, we are required to be do it yourself.

therefore we must really understand how computers actually work, and are required to independently solve existing problems. One of the first problems that I felt when I first tried Linux was the problem of not working tap on the laptop touchpad, I will try to solve this problem in detail so that it is easy for you to understand.

Required

install required: libinput

Step by Step

  1. first make sure the configuration file is in /etc/x11/xorg.conf.d. if it doesn’t exist we create a symlink from /usr/share/x11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf to the /etc/x11/xorg.conf.d directory by typing:

    sudo ln -s /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf

  2. quoted from stack overflow here is an example of my config:

    Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event7"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "Tapping" "on"          
        Option "ClickMethod" "clickfinger" 
        Option "TappingDrag" "on"
        Option "ScrollMethod" "twofinger"
        Option "DisableWhileTyping" "on"
        Option "TappingButtonMap" "lmr"
EndSection

copy and then edit if necessary. visit libinput for a detailed description.

be careful when editing config file in the root folder

  1. Reboot

Related Posts

LinuxArchlinux