Difference between revisions of "Mouse/Touchpad Drivers and Settings"

Revision as of 21:24, 22 September 2018

Monitor Keyboard and Pointer Events

This command actively monitors input events. It requires the proper packages:

apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-libinput libinput-tools

libinput debug-events

event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.08s	 -4.23/  6.11
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.10s	 -3.76/  5.17
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.11s	 -2.82/  4.70
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.13s	 -2.35/  3.76
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.14s	 -1.41/  2.82
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.16s	 -1.41/  1.88
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.17s	 -0.94/  1.41
 event5   POINTER_MOTION    +3.20s	  2.31/  0.46
-event4   KEYBOARD_KEY      +3.32s	*** (-1) pressed
 event4   KEYBOARD_KEY      +3.57s	*** (-1) pressed

Finding Device Information

/proc/bus/input/devices

Some device information:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

...
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000e Version=0000
N: Name="ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input749
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event5 
B: PROP=9
B: EV=b
B: KEY=e420 30000 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=260800011000003

Xinput Info

Required package:

apt-get install xinput

Get list of devices:

xinput list

⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ WebCam: WebCam                          	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Acer WMI hotkeys                        	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]

Refer to the device by ID:

xinput list 12

ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad                	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
	Reporting 7 classes:
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIButtonClass
		Buttons supported: 12
		Button labels: "Button Left" "Button Middle" "Button Right" "Button Wheel Up" "Button Wheel Down" "Button Horiz Wheel Left" "Button Horiz Wheel Right" None None None None None
		Button state:
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIValuatorClass
		Detail for Valuator 0:
		  Label: Rel X
		  Range: 0.000000 - 1408.000000
		  Resolution: 31000 units/m
		  Mode: relative
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIValuatorClass
		Detail for Valuator 1:
		  Label: Rel Y
		  Range: 0.000000 - 640.000000
		  Resolution: 31000 units/m
		  Mode: relative
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIValuatorClass
		Detail for Valuator 2:
		  Label: Rel Horiz Scroll
		  Range: 0.000000 - -1.000000
		  Resolution: 0 units/m
		  Mode: relative
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIValuatorClass
		Detail for Valuator 3:
		  Label: Rel Vert Scroll
		  Range: 0.000000 - -1.000000
		  Resolution: 0 units/m
		  Mode: relative
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIScrollClass
		Scroll info for Valuator 2
		  type: 2 (horizontal)
		  increment: 30.000000
		  flags: 0x0
		Class originated from: 12. Type: XIScrollClass
		Scroll info for Valuator 3
		  type: 1 (vertical)
		  increment: 30.000000
		  flags: 0x0

List the device properties:

xinput list-props 12

Device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad':
	Device Enabled (132):	1
	Coordinate Transformation Matrix (134):	1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
	Device Accel Profile (263):	1
	Device Accel Constant Deceleration (264):	2.500000
	Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (265):	1.000000
	Device Accel Velocity Scaling (266):	12.500000
	Synaptics Edges (557):	56, 1352, 34, 606
	Synaptics Finger (558):	1, 1, 0
	Synaptics Tap Time (559):	180
	Synaptics Tap Move (560):	68
	Synaptics Tap Durations (561):	180, 180, 100
	Synaptics ClickPad (562):	0
	Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (563):	75
	Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (564):	282
	Synaptics Two-Finger Width (565):	7
	Synaptics Scrolling Distance (566):	30, 30
	Synaptics Edge Scrolling (567):	1, 0, 0
	Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (568):	0, 0
	Synaptics Move Speed (569):	1.000000, 1.750000, 0.129366, 0.000000
	Synaptics Off (570):	0
	Synaptics Locked Drags (571):	0
	Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (572):	5000
	Synaptics Tap Action (573):	2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
	Synaptics Click Action (574):	1, 0, 0
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling (575):	0
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (576):	0.100000
	Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (577):	0
	Synaptics Circular Pad (578):	0
	Synaptics Palm Detection (579):	0
	Synaptics Palm Dimensions (580):	10, 200
	Synaptics Coasting Speed (581):	20.000000, 50.000000
	Synaptics Pressure Motion (582):	30, 160
	Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (583):	1.000000, 1.000000
	Synaptics Resolution Detect (584):	1
	Synaptics Grab Event Device (585):	0
	Synaptics Gestures (586):	1
	Synaptics Capabilities (587):	1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
	Synaptics Pad Resolution (588):	31, 31
	Synaptics Area (589):	0, 0, 0, 0
	Synaptics Noise Cancellation (590):	7, 7
	Device Product ID (256):	2, 14
	Device Node (255):	"/dev/input/event5"

Change a property:

# Enable two-finger scrolling
xinput set-prop 12 "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 1 0
# Disable two-finger scrolling
xinput set-prop 12 "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 0 0