Thomas TuegelJul 7, 2023
I can’t believe that #ThinkPad touchpads don’t work in #Linux, and nobody knows how to fix it. Truly, it’s the Year of Linux on the Desktop, because it surely isn’t on the Laptop!
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@ttuegel My thinkpad touchpad works perfect on linux, can you elaborate?
Show threadMJ+Jul 7, 2023
@banned @ttuegel yes it surprises me. Even my Intel MacBook Air’s touchpad worked fine (remember their Broadcom wifi card doesn’t work out of box)
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@voyager @ttuegel are you familiar with what thinkpads aren't supported?
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@banned @voyager This lays out the issue pretty well:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-input/patch/20230414092353.v2.1.Ieb687047a5b75c7b7ee5dd258207ef5ca9a3b728@changeid/

I have reproduced this on an L420, T440, T480, and a recent (~2021) IdeaPad. There are a couple of proposed patches, but none of them seem to address the underlying issue. Meanwhile, this has been going on at least since 2016, based on user reports. Best I can do is turn off multitouch, but that makes the newer buttonless touchpads virtually unusable.

[v2] Input: synaptics - disable intertouch for Lenovo L440 - Patchwork

Jul 7, 2023 at 3:30amWeb
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@ttuegel @voyager i will have to read this and figure out why my t460 works lol