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sab123

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Registered: 2018-04-07

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Touchpad detected as mouse pointer and webcam as keyboard

I think my touchpad by HAILUCK is not supported by the kernel and thus is detected as a generic mouse pointer. Likewise I dont know why the USB camera is detected as a keyboard. Is there a quick fix to it or do I have to file a bug and wait if kernel supports my device or not. The relevent information is

xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HAILUCK CO.,LTD Usb Touch                   id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                       id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard                 id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                   id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                                id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HAILUCK CO.,LTD Usb Touch                   id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ USB 2.0 Camera: USB 2.0 Camera              id=10    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Intel HID events                            id=11    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                id=12    [slave  keyboard (3)]

uname -r
4.15.15-1-ARCH

I also have output of dmesg in case any one needs.

seth

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Re: Touchpad detected as mouse pointer and webcam as keyboard

I have no idea why, but pretty much every webcam registers *also* as keyboard, even my dvb stick does.

A touchpad is a pointer, so that output is normal as well - this sounds like an xy-problem, why do you believe your touchpad is not detected as such?

xinput list-props 4
xinput list-props 8

Sidenote: please wrap shell output in "code" tags when posting it, thanks.

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