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Monday, January 30, 2017

How libinput opens device nodes

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In order to read events and modify devices, libinput needs a file descriptor to the /dev/input/event node. But those files are only accessib...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

libinput and wheel tilt events

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We're in the middle of the 1.7 development cycle and one of the features merged already is support for "wheel tilt", i.e. supp...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The definitive guide to synclient

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This post describes the synclient tool, part of the xf86-input-synaptics package. It does not describe the various options, that's what...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

xf86-input-synaptics is not a Synaptics, Inc. driver

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This is a common source of confusion: the legacy X.Org driver for touchpads is called xf86-input-synaptics but it is not a driver written by...
Monday, December 19, 2016

libinput touchpad pointer acceleration analysis

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A long-standing criticism of libinput is its touchpad acceleration code, oscillating somewhere between "terrible", "this is ...
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Monday, December 12, 2016

libinput touchpad tap analysis

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A short while ago, I asked a bunch of people for long-term touchpad usage data (specifically: evemu recordings). I currently have 25 sets o...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

xinput is not a configuration UI

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xinput is a tool to query and modify X input device properties (amongst other things). Every so-often someone-complains about it's non-i...
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