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reddof

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[cinnamon] Hotkeys Fn+F9 ( Toggle touchpad On OFF ) doesn't work.

Hi everyone,

I use Asus A43e with Arch Linux Cinnamon.

I can't turn On my touchpad with Fn+F9 when external mouse unpluged, but if touchpad active I can turn it Off.

But everything working correctly when I plug in my External Mouse.

Is there any solution?

Last edited by reddof (2023-08-18 00:58:51)

seth

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Re: [cinnamon] Hotkeys Fn+F9 ( Toggle touchpad On OFF ) doesn't work.

Those keys are usually completely HW internal - do you get any response from "sudo libinput debug-events" when hitting Fn+F9 ?

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reddof

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Re: [cinnamon] Hotkeys Fn+F9 ( Toggle touchpad On OFF ) doesn't work.

Those keys are usually completely HW internal - do you get any response from "sudo libinput debug-events" when hitting Fn+F9 ?

Yes, I got response

-event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +91.982s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +91.982s	KEY_F21 (191) released
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +100.575s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +100.575s	KEY_F21 (191) released
-event11  DEVICE_REMOVED          Logitech USB Optical Mouse        seat0 default group5  cap:p
-event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +106.600s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +106.600s	KEY_F21 (191) released
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +110.037s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +110.037s	KEY_F21 (191) released
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +112.340s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +112.340s	KEY_F21 (191) released
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +115.421s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +115.421s	KEY_F21 (191) released
-event11  DEVICE_ADDED            Logitech USB Optical Mouse        seat0 default group10 cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +125.871s	KEY_F21 (191) pressed
 event5   KEYBOARD_KEY            +125.871s	KEY_F21 (191) released

This problem in my cinnamon , when I used Gnome as my DE, these keys worked correctly.

Last edited by reddof (2023-08-17 16:13:55)

seth

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Re: [cinnamon] Hotkeys Fn+F9 ( Toggle touchpad On OFF ) doesn't work.

The key is actully exposed to the OS and if this is exclusive to cinnamon, you probably want to point that out in the subject to attract the attention of other cinnamon users.
Is this on X11 or wayland?
On X11 you're probably able to toggle the touchpad using xinput.

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reddof

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From: Jakarta

Registered: 2023-02-05

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Re: [cinnamon] Hotkeys Fn+F9 ( Toggle touchpad On OFF ) doesn't work.

The key is actully exposed to the OS and if this is exclusive to cinnamon, you probably want to point that out in the subject to attract the attention of other cinnamon users.
Is this on X11 or wayland?
On X11 you're probably able to toggle the touchpad using xinput.

I am using X11.