Touchpad Physical Buttons Stop Working After Recent Upgrade

Bekaboo · 2022-10-11 04:46:10

The touchpad physical buttons stop working on my laptop after a recent upgrade (~10.05 -- 10.10).
Tap to clip still works, though.
The laptop is a Dell XPS-13-7390 (not 2-in-1).

I've tried restoring the system using timeshift, but the touchpad still does not work even if I restore the system to a snapshot where it used to work.

Here's the upgrades in pacman.log from 10.01 to 10.10, but is it most likely that an upgrade in between 10.05 to 10.10 breaks the clipboard:

[2022-10-01T01:43:33-0500] [ALPM] upgraded dbus (1.14.0-1 -> 1.14.2-1)
[2022-10-01T01:43:33-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-dbus (1.14.0-1 -> 1.14.2-1)
[2022-10-01T01:43:33-0500] [ALPM] upgraded neovim (0.7.2-3 -> 0.8.0-3)
[2022-10-01T01:43:33-0500] [ALPM] upgraded noto-fonts (20220607-1 -> 20220810-1)
[2022-10-01T01:43:34-0500] [ALPM] upgraded noto-fonts-extra (20220607-1 -> 20220810-1)
[2022-10-01T01:43:34-0500] [ALPM] upgraded sdl12-compat (1.2.52-2 -> 1.2.56-1)
[2022-10-01T01:44:15-0500] [ALPM] upgraded google-chrome (106.0.5249.61-1 -> 106.0.5249.91-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded krb5 (1.19.3-3 -> 1.20-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libdrm (2.4.113-2 -> 2.4.113-3)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded fluidsynth (2.2.9-2 -> 2.3.0-2)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libebml (1.4.2-2 -> 1.4.3-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libmatroska (1.6.3-2 -> 1.7.0-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded openpmix (4.2.0-1 -> 4.2.1-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded pinentry (1.2.0-1 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded protobuf (21.6-1 -> 21.7-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:62.6.0-1 -> 1:63.0.0-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded qpdf (11.1.0-1 -> 11.1.1-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded rubberband (3.0.0-2 -> 3.1.0-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:52-0500] [ALPM] upgraded sqlite (3.39.3-1 -> 3.39.4-1)
[2022-10-03T01:13:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded thunderbird (102.3.0-1 -> 102.3.1-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded pango (1:1.50.10-1 -> 1:1.50.11-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded xz (5.2.6-1 -> 5.2.7-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-libs (251.4-1 -> 251.5-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-pango (1:1.50.10-1 -> 1:1.50.11-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-xz (5.2.6-1 -> 5.2.7-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (251.4-1 -> 251.5-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-systemd (251.4-1.1 -> 251.5-1)
[2022-10-03T20:04:21-0500] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (251.4-1 -> 251.5-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded hwdata (0.362-2 -> 0.363-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded xkeyboard-config (2.36+89+g382c5feb-1 -> 2.37-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (105.0.1-1 -> 105.0.2-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded git (2.37.3-1 -> 2.38.0-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libbpf (0.8.1-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:42-0500] [ALPM] upgraded iproute2 (5.19.0-1 -> 6.0.0-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:43-0500] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.19.12.arch1-1 -> 5.19.13.arch1-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:43-0500] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:63.0.0-1 -> 1:63.1.0-1)
[2022-10-05T15:09:43-0500] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-host-modules-arch (6.1.38-8 -> 6.1.38-9)
[2022-10-05T15:09:43-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vlc (3.0.17.4-8 -> 3.0.17.4-9)
[2022-10-06T19:51:26-0500] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.36-4 -> 2.36-5)
[2022-10-06T19:51:32-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.36-4 -> 2.36-5)
[2022-10-06T19:51:32-0500] [ALPM] upgraded grub (2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-4 -> 2:2.06.r334.g340377470-1)
[2022-10-06T19:51:32-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libupnp (1.14.13-1 -> 1.14.14-1)
[2022-10-06T19:51:32-0500] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:63.1.0-1 -> 1:63.2.0-1)
[2022-10-06T19:51:32-0500] [ALPM] upgraded semver (7.3.7-1 -> 7.3.8-1)
[2022-10-06T19:52:18-0500] [ALPM] upgraded google-chrome (106.0.5249.91-1 -> 106.0.5249.103-1)
[2022-10-06T19:52:37-0500] [ALPM] upgraded visual-studio-code-bin (1.71.2-1 -> 1.72.0-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:39-0500] [ALPM] upgraded alsa-card-profiles (1:0.3.58-1 -> 1:0.3.59-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:39-0500] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.36-5 -> 2.36-6)
[2022-10-07T23:06:44-0500] [ALPM] upgraded librsvg (2:2.54.5-1 -> 2:2.55.1-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:44-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.36-5 -> 2.36-6)
[2022-10-07T23:06:45-0500] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (105.0.2-1 -> 105.0.3-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:45-0500] [ALPM] upgraded fwupd (1.8.5-1 -> 1.8.6-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:45-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-librsvg (2:2.54.5-1 -> 2:2.55.1-1)
[2022-10-07T23:06:45-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libcdio (2.1.0-2 -> 2.1.0-3)
[2022-10-07T23:06:45-0500] [ALPM] upgraded pipewire (1:0.3.58-1 -> 1:0.3.59-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded alsa-card-profiles (1:0.3.59-1 -> 1:0.3.59-2)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded flac (1.4.1-1 -> 1.4.1-2)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded imagemagick (7.1.0.49-1 -> 7.1.0.50-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-flac (1.4.1-1 -> 1.4.1-2)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libebml (1.4.3-1 -> 1.4.4-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libgpg-error (1.45-2 -> 1.46-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libgusb (0.4.0-1 -> 0.4.1-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libical (3.0.14-3 -> 3.0.15-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libmatroska (1.7.0-1 -> 1.7.1-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded pipewire (1:0.3.59-1 -> 1:0.3.59-2)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded poppler (22.09.0-1 -> 22.10.0-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded poppler-glib (22.09.0-1 -> 22.10.0-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded poppler-qt5 (22.09.0-1 -> 22.10.0-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded python-more-itertools (8.13.0-2 -> 8.14.0-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded python-setuptools (1:63.2.0-1 -> 1:63.3.0-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:38-0500] [ALPM] upgraded sdl2 (2.24.0-2 -> 2.24.1-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:39-0500] [ALPM] upgraded thunderbird (102.3.1-1 -> 102.3.2-1)
[2022-10-10T19:28:39-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vlc (3.0.17.4-9 -> 3.0.17.4-10)

Currently I'm not sure which upgraded packaged may have broken the functionality of physical buttons of the touchpad.

Here's the contents of '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-xinput.conf', which is linked to '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-xinput.conf':

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "libinput pointer catchall"
    MatchIsPointer "on"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "libinput"
EndSection

    Section "InputClass"
            Identifier "libinput keyboard catchall"
            MatchIsKeyboard "on"
            MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Driver "libinput"
    EndSection

    Section "InputClass"
            Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
            MatchIsTouchpad "on"
            MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Driver "libinput"
        Option "Tapping" "on"
        Option "NaturalScrolling" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "InputClass"
            Identifier "libinput touchscreen catchall"
            MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
            MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Driver "libinput"
    EndSection

    Section "InputClass"
            Identifier "libinput tablet catchall"
            MatchIsTablet "on"
            MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
            Driver "libinput"
    EndSection

Does anyone have idea about this?

Last edited by Bekaboo (2022-10-11 14:16:07)

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#1 2022-10-11 04:46:10

Touchpad Physical Buttons Stop Working After Recent Upgrade

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