Add xinput to the start up sequence of LXDE

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I want these 2 commands to run on boot.

xinput --set-prop "Razer Razer DeathAdder" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 4
xinput --set-prop "Razer Razer DeathAdder" "Device Accel Velocity Scaling" 1

I tried putting these 2 commands /etc/rc.local, .zshrc, also in /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart, but nothing seems to happen. Any help please?

@SkippyleGrandGourou why would `.xinitrc` be read unless `xinit` is used to start X? — terdon, Oct 27 '13 at 15:17
@trttrt : yes, but you would create it. Anyway, terdon is probably right, try to follow his answer. — Skippy le Grand Gourou, Oct 27 '13 at 16:42
@terdon : well, I do use it (through `startx` in my `.bash_profile`) so other people might as well… Besides, it has never been clear to me where to put such commands as well as it's different on almost every setup, hence the suggestion. — Skippy le Grand Gourou, Oct 27 '13 at 16:47
@SkippyleGrandGourou I used to use it as well but I would be very surprised if that were how lubuntu is setup. — terdon, Oct 27 '13 at 17:53

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '23 at 22:29

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As Skippy said, you should add them to the ~/.xinitrc file. This is because:

/etc/rc.local executes at boot time, before the Xserver is up
.zshrc gets loaded only when you start a zsh shell.
/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart needs an special name and format: they should be named <something>.conf and has proper exec= values and be stored in /etc/xdg/autostart/.

The above will not work

You only need to source the scripts lines in the ~/.xinitrc or in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc for system wide proposes.

This should work:

sudo sh -c "echo 'xinput --set-prop \"Razer Razer DeathAdder\" \"Device Accel Constant Deceleration\" 4' >> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
sudo sh -c "echo 'xinput --set-prop \"Razer Razer DeathAdder\" \"Device Accel Velocity Scaling\" 1' >> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"

Of course, the said commands should work if you use the terminal, otherwise your are doing nothing. Then reboot your system and ta-da.

edited Jul 24 '23 at 22:29

Benjamin Loison

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answered Oct 26 '13 at 22:14

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Sorry, but I put the commands (tried all the combinations) but still they will not run on boot. Do I need to make it executable? I did it, nothing – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:29
This is what I get: xinit is already the newest version. – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:41
I created ~/.xinitrc, put the commands in, didn't work. Then I deleted ~/.xinitrc (since it didn't work), and put my commands in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, and nothing happened. – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:47
The commands work fine in the terminal. – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:47
With the new answer I am getting this: "Razer: 1: Razer: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string" – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:51
Now, I had to escape the quote marks. – Braiam Oct 27 '13 at 12:53
Could you help me please? – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:53
I am sorry, but it doesnt work. I don't know why this is happening – trttrt Oct 27 '13 at 12:56
Does Lubuntu use `xinit`? It doesn't have a login manager? `~/.xinitrc` is only read if X is started via `xinit` and not a login manager. – terdon Oct 27 '13 at 15:08
@terdon I started to think that Ubuntu isn't playing fair here. – Braiam Oct 27 '13 at 16:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 27 '13 at 15:16

I don't really see how .xinitrc is relevant here. That file is read by xinit, an old way of starting an X session and one you are almost certainly not using. In most modern Linux systems, the X session is started by a login manager service, for example lightdm or gdm2 or whatever and not by xinit.

Anyway, according to the LXDE wiki, you need to add these lines to $HOME/.config/lxsession/<profile>/autostart. Change <profile> to whatever you have in $HOME/config/lxsession. Just edit (or create of it does not exist) the file and add the relevant lines to it:

xinput --set-prop "Razer Razer DeathAdder" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 4                                 
xinput --set-prop "Razer Razer DeathAdder" "Device Accel Velocity Scaling" 1

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 10 '23 at 11:27

Putting xinput command into a shell script and adding that script to be executed via ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart worked for me.

Example:

$ cat ~/bin/set-touch
#!/bin/bash

xinput set-prop "ADS7846 Touchscreen" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 1.09588 0 -0.0565 0 -1.11 1.057 0 0 1
    
$ cat ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart 
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@bin/set-touch
@midori -e Fullscreen -a https://start.duckduckgo.com/

Add xinput to the start up sequence of LXDE

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