Re: Help with understanding touchpad acceleration on libinput/Wayland

From	Wim <factotum_muth@web.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Help with understanding touchpad acceleration on libinput/Wayland
Date	2021-03-08 13:10 +0100
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Hi,

have a look at the arch linux wiki 'libinput' page. You might need to
install the 'libinput-tools' package on Debian. Also at the end of the
page is a 'Troubleshooting' section. I hope the page is helpful.

On Sunday, 07 March at 18:50, Laura Smith wrote:

> Hi. Day 2 of Debian for me! I'm a long time on-off Ubuntu/Raspberry Pi OS user though - but first time with a standard Debian install, and first time with Wayland.
> 
> I'd love some pointers about how (if at all) I can change the acceleration of my touchpad. Truth is, I'm not sure what I want to change though. On Ubuntu I couldn't make it feel how I wanted either. I just want it to feel how it does on Windows! I struggle to hit anything small, such as a window close button or grabbing the edge of a window to resize. I can't put my finger on what's different. Maybe I just need time to get muscle memory? It somehow just feels a bit fatiguing using it, too, like getting where I want is an effort...? I've tried changing the speed, obviously.
> 
> I've got a Lenovo IdeaPad 710S-13IKB running Gnome on Buster. I've got a 13" screen scaled at 100% in Gnome, which does make everything a bit small, which may have something to do with the problem. I'm using Large Text in Universal Access to get around the absence of fractional scaling.
> 
> libinput doesn't seem to have a support channel, as far as I can find, and I haven't got a bug, so I thought I'd ask here. On Ubuntu/X11 I've tried changing acceleration parameters with xinput, but I see from the libinput FAQ that they are aiming for as few user-configurable options as possible.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> Laura

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All the best
Wim

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Help with understanding touchpad acceleration on libinput/Wayland Laura Smith <laura@laurasmith.me> - 2021-03-07 18:50 +0100
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