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MarkW

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Registered: 2024-11-03

Posts: 546

My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

I now have a working touchpad on my new to me Dell Latitude 5401.  The problem is that it (the touchpad) is so sensitive that just brushing it a mite too hard activates things I con't want activated (like URLS I don't want to visit right now).  Does anyone know how to disable touchpad click so I can use it just to move the pointer and use the touchpad buttons for left, middle and right click.

Alternatively, making click to do a more beefy action that just breathing on the touchpad would also help.

PackRat

jgmenu user Numero Uno

Registered: 2015-10-02

Posts: 3,026

Re: My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

You can change the settings manually - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput

Check the BL menu; I don't recall a mouse/touchpad setup being there, but there may be something.

I have a similar issue, but I just disable the touchpad and use a mouse.

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MarkW

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Registered: 2024-11-03

Posts: 546

Re: My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

Are we definitely using Wayland now?  Did not know that.

unklar

Back to the roots 1.9

From: #! BL

Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 3,070

Re: My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

Are we definitely using Wayland now?  Did not know that.

ust select openbox or bunsenlabs at the top right when logging into the system. Not labwc, which would be wayland.

MarkW

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Registered: 2024-11-03

Posts: 546

Re: My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

I don't have labwc as an option.  At least it's not in the session options.

My previous Logitech wireless usb mouse doesn't seem to work with this machine.  I'll get a wired USB mouse tomorrow

PackRat

jgmenu user Numero Uno

Registered: 2015-10-02

Posts: 3,026

Re: My Touchpad Is Too Sensitive

Are we definitely using Wayland now?  Did not know that.

libinput works with X11 and Wayland.

As I recall BL is now using libinput. If you are still using synaptics, follow the "Touchpad Synaptics" link on that libinput page.

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You must unlearn what you have learned.
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