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libinput change tablet mode behavior #2404 #thinkpad #wayland #libinput

libinput change tablet mode behavior

I have a weird issue with a convertible (ThinkPad S230u) and Ubuntu 24.04. When it changes to tablet mode (which works fine, including autorotate) libinput disables the keyboard, touchpad and track...

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AskUbuntu Feb 21

libinput change tablet mode behaviour #2404 #thinkpad #wayland #libinput

https://askubuntu.com/q/1564199/612

libinput change tablet mode behaviour

I have a weird issue with a convertible (ThinkPad S230u) and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: When it changes to tablet mode (which works fine, including autorotate) libinput disables the keyboard, touchpad and

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Roberto von Archimboldi Feb 17

I'm mildly sad because recent updates to Linux Mint mean that my computer no longer connects to the Bluetooth adapter I plugged into my stereo, my clever hack to make my middle button a drag lock no longer works and my start menu became tiny. I'm sure that all the issues are solvable, if you have more skills than me, but I wish that things didn't break when they updated.

I am sure that keeping everything working across a vast space of configurations is a hard, hard problem, so no criticism is meant. I would like it to work though.

#LinuxMint, #Bluetooth, #Xinput, #Libinput, #Moan, #WhyIsMyStartMenuTeenyTiny

datenwolf Dec 9

In today's edition of FDO sabotaging the desktop experience: #libinput spiking a single CPU core to 100% when the mouse is moved and dropping a crapton of events when twitching it in shooter games.

Uninstall the libinput Xorg input driver directly using evdev instead; and lo and behold: No CPU spikes and perfectly smooth input.

Can the whole libinput+Wayland+"modern Linux desktop" fad (that's holding back true progress for 15 years now) now please go collectively go and die in a fire?

Andrew Tropin Nov 28

libinput now supports LUA plugins. Sounds quite exciting. It makes customization of input devices much more robust, granular and programming friendly (looking at existing evdev events remapping tools).

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/lua-plugins.html
https://www.phoronix.com/news/libinput-1.30-Released

#libinput #linux #lua

Lua Plugins — libinput 1.30.0 documentation

Kata 📎Nov 27

The Input Stack on Linux

Venam just posted this, a really extensive article on the topic. Let’s see how long it takes for me to dig through this … 😅

#linux #libinput #xkb #x11 #wayland

The Input Stack on Linux

Let's explore and deobfuscate the input stack on Linux. Our aim is to understand its components and what each does. Input handling can be divided into two parts, separated by a common layer. We’ll try to make sense of all this, one thing at a time, with a logical and coherent approach.

Tommi Nieminen Sep 11, 2025

Darn, looks like there’s nothing comparable to #xinput in #Wayland. Under #X11, I could temporarily disable my Ergoslider bar mouse with `xinput disable "Ergoslider Mouse"`. Under Wayland, I can only list the devices recognized by #libinput with `sudo libinput list-devices` (and yes, it *does* require sudoing!) but that’s that. #Sad, as the orange buffoon is fond of saying. #Linux #FLOSS

Ihor Kalnytskyi Aug 6, 2025

Giving GNOME a chance on my new Framework 13 laptop. Last time I tried it was around 7 years ago, and it's much better than I remember.

But some ridiculous things keep popping up — like the fact that I still can’t adjust the touchpad scroll speed. What the heck? libinput has supported this for ages. How is this still not a thing?

#GNOME #libinput #scroll #framework13