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gim

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Registered: 2013-07-27

Posts: 35

libinput: Touchpad sensitivity issue

Hello! After installing `xf86-input-libinput` my touchpad became extremely uncomfortable to use. It feels like it is too sensitive and it causes cursor to jump randomly when I'm moving my finger. It's especially annoying when I'm trying to select a text and sometimes miss the right position or when I want to click on a link and my cursor jumps up or down. Has anyone else here experienced this? Is there a fix? Synaptics works fine. I've found this thread on Reddit that describes similar symptoms, but nothing on how to fix this.

Here is a small visual demonstration of what I'm talking about: https://gfycat.com/SilkyWebbedGermanwirehairedpointer

DE: GNOME Shell 3.20.2
"xinput list" reports touchpad as "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"

Last edited by gim (2016-06-18 17:48:29)

gim

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Registered: 2013-07-27

Posts: 35

Re: libinput: Touchpad sensitivity issue

It seems to be fixed in git master branch, it can be solved for now by installing `libinput-git` from AUR.