[Solved] Thinkpad x240 libinput touchpad configuration

lifeafter2am · 2017-05-19 22:28:13

I have both a Thinkpad x240 (personal laptop running Gnome) and a Thinkpad X1 Carbon (work laptop running Cinnamon). They are both running Arch Linux. On the X1 the following configuration file works:

Section "InputClass"
          Identifier "touchpad"
          Driver "libinput"
          Option "ClickMethod" "clickfinger"
          Option "NaturalScrolling" "false"
EndSection

This configuration seems generic enough that I figured it would also work on my x240, but alas it does not. I have also tried other variations of this configuration using options like shown in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.x/40-libinput.conf but they still don't work. I understand that Gnome is overriding the Natural Scrolling configuration (which I have fixed), but is it also overriding the ClickMethod?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by lifeafter2am (2017-05-20 03:41:27)

Ropid · 2017-05-20 01:13:19

Look through /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see when this file gets applied. Search for the word "Applying".

There's nothing in your config that makes it target something specific, things like 'MatchIsPointer "yes"', etc. (you can find the rest of the possible Match... rules in "man xorg.conf" somewhere). Perhaps that's why it's not working?

lifeafter2am · 2017-05-20 01:53:42

So I looked though there and saw that it was indeed being applied.

I did some more digging and found that it was, in fact, Gnome that was over-riding the setting. I was able to change the setting via the Tweak-Tool in Gnome.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Arch Linux

#1 2017-05-19 22:28:13

[Solved] Thinkpad x240 libinput touchpad configuration

#2 2017-05-20 01:13:19

Re: [Solved] Thinkpad x240 libinput touchpad configuration

#3 2017-05-20 01:53:42

Re: [Solved] Thinkpad x240 libinput touchpad configuration

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