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#1 2016-08-22 20:52:39

ahura
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[SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

I'm having trouble getting tap-to-click to work on my touchpad. I am on Gnome v. 3.20.2.
There's a full output from libinput-list-devices here:
http://pastebin.com/TaF1BH2R

I found this post (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=214382) which described the same problem and I also tried to create the config file described in the wiki to no avail. That user's problem seems to have been solved by removing xf86-input-synaptics and instead installing xf86-input-libinput. However, this did not help me, and I have no idea what to try from here.

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#2 2016-08-22 22:38:52

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

You could try changing the tap to click setting with xinput. That works here with libinput and xfce, on the other hand gnome should have somewhere where you can toggle that setting.


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#3 2016-08-23 07:17:01

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

That worked like a charm, thanks so much.

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#4 2016-08-23 08:39:39

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

Okay, so I was too quick to mark this as solved, it seems.

Changing the setting worked for the active session, but it did not persist after rebooting.

xinput list-devices gave the following:

Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':
	Device Enabled (139):	1
	Coordinate Transformation Matrix (141):	1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
	libinput Tapping Enabled (294):	0
	libinput Tapping Enabled Default (295):	0
	libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (296):	1
	libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (297):	1
	libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (298):	0
	libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (299):	0
	libinput Accel Speed (277):	0.000000
	libinput Accel Speed Default (278):	0.000000
	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (282):	1
	libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (283):	0
	libinput Send Events Modes Available (261):	1, 1
	libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (262):	0, 0
	libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (263):	0, 0
	libinput Left Handed Enabled (284):	0
	libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (285):	0
	libinput Scroll Methods Available (286):	1, 1, 0
	libinput Scroll Method Enabled (287):	1, 0, 0
	libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (288):	1, 0, 0
	libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (300):	1
	libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (301):	1
	Device Node (264):	"/dev/input/event17"
	Device Product ID (265):	2, 7
	libinput Drag Lock Buttons (293):	<no items>
	libinput Horizonal Scroll Enabled (266):	1

Changing "Tapping enabled" only worked for the current session. I tried changing the default instead, which gave the following output:

X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
  Major opcode of failed request:  131 (XInputExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  57 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  20
  Current serial number in output stream:  21

I tried running it as super user but still get the same error.

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#5 2016-08-23 15:22:49

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

You could look into this [1], which is probably easier, or you could script it to run every time X starts.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … ad_tapping


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#6 2016-08-23 15:25:44

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

I already tried the config file as described in my first post. Creating that caused my touchpad to not work at all i.e. not respond to any touch. After I removed xf86-input-synaptics and installed xf86-input-libinput (as described in the thread I linked to in the first post), the config file seems to be ignored.

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#7 2016-08-23 16:53:11

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

if xorg configuration files don't work (they should, most probably some detail is missing) then you can always script the change and make it run when you start gnome. You should post the xorg configuration file you are trying to use and most probably someone will chime in and help to make it work.


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#8 2016-08-23 17:17:57

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Re: [SOLVED] Tap-to-click not working on Gnome 3.20.2

Will do, thanks.

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