Re: Thinkpad L480 touchpad issues

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 10:18, Matias Pizarro <matias@pizarro.net> wrote:

> Thanks Gleb,
>
> I can confirm that once xf86-input-synaptics is removed the native KDE
> touchpad config UI re-appears (noth in KDE 5 and 6) and works.
>
The main point there is *after each ...* which is sort of a pain in the
sitting organ. I digged a bit and, as I telegraphed before, creating the
file for libinput in the xorg configuration will reliably bring your
touchpad to life regardless of having pkg upgraded or not.

> As such I execute <  doas pkg remove -f xf86-input-synaptics  >   after
> each pkg upgrade/install.
>
> It does not affect the touchpad regularly going back to mouse-like (no
> touch-to-click, no scroll etc...) behaviour after leaving the X11 screen
> for some time  (by ctrl-alt-Fn or long inactivity).
>
>
> Best,
>
> Matias
>
>
> On 13-Mar-2025 08:31, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez wrote:
>
> I had to write the libinput conf file by hand...
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 at 06:56, Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> If the "Touchpad" section of KDE System Settings shows the "No
>> touchpad found" message, try removing the xf86-input-synaptics
>> package.
>>
>>
>
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>
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