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Questions tagged [xinput]

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How can I set mouse sensitivity, not just mouse acceleration?

I can't find a single desktop environment that supports setting both mouse acceleration AND mouse sensitivity. I don't want any mouse acceleration, but I want to increase the speed of my mouse. That means that if I move the mouse the same distance,…
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Can a command line program prevent its output being redirected?

I have become so used to do this: someprogram >output.file I do it whenever I want to save the output that a program generates to a file. I am also aware of the two variants of this IO redirection: someprogram 2>output.of.stderr.file (for…
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Determine xinput device manufacturer and model?

I'm trying to find the device manufacturer and model of my keyboard and touch pad so I can write an XOrg configuration file targeting it via: Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad" MatchIsTouchpad "on" Driver "synaptics" …
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Where is the input method configuration file?

My ibus input method was broken after an update. So I switched to fcitx. Actually, there are a handful IMs (Input Methods) installed in my Fedora 19 system, e.g. fcitx, ibus, yong, etc. However, I don't know how to configure them. My default IM for…
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Disabling middle click on bottom of a clickpad / touchpad

The Thinkpad T480s has a "clickpad": a touchpad where (parts of) the touchpad itself is pressable instead of having physical dedicated buttons. Running X.org 7.7, there is a horizontal stripe at the bottom of the touchpad that acts as the mouse…
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Hiding the mouse cursor dynamically when using the touchscreen

I have a touchscreen laptop and I want to hide the pointer whenever I touch the screen. I am aware of solutions like unclutter and startx -nocursor but I want the pointer to hide/show dynamically, hiding if I use the touchscreen and showing when I…
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Mouse scroll wheel speed far too sensitive

In my Crunchbang installation with X11, openbox, my wireless usb mouse is listed at both /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mouse0. It's working fine apart from the scroll wheel, which although active, is far too sensitive. I'm thinking maybe the kernel is…
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Can I Xmodmap only a specific device?

I'd like to reverse scroll direction, but only on my BCM5794 multitouch trackpad. Is this possible?
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How to avoid mouse cursor jumping while using xinput Coordinate Transformation Matrix when application releases mouse

I've got some high sensitivity mice that I need to lower the sensitivity on. The general solution to this seems to be to set the Coordinate Transformation Matrix to something acceptable. So I use the following values: xinput --set-prop 19…
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TrackPoint hard to control after Debian update

I'm on debian testing, and after rebooting (after an uptime of 3 weeks or so, that included a bunch of package updates, I believe including the kernel) the other day, the fine-adjustment - what a golfer would call putting - of the mouse pointer…
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How to make xinput commands permanent

Using Linux Mint 18.1, I've remapped some mouse and keyboard keys using 'xinput' (command below). When I disconnect the mouse and reconnect it, the xinput command must be re-run manually. I had read that adding them to ~/.xsessionrc is the right…
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How can I permanently disable a xinput device?

I have a rogue xinput device due to some OS error that sends key press signals even tough nothing is pressed thereby causing screen flickering and the loss of mouse focus. The device is: xinput list 8 Video Bus id=8…
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How do I get xinputrc to work for login screen?

I have the following lines in /etc/X11/xinit/xinputrc to tame my mouse sensitivity: xinput --set-prop 9 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 4.5 xinput --set-prop 9 "Device Accel Velocity Scaling" 1 xinput --set-prop 9 "Device Accel Adaptive…
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bash commands don't seem to run in .xinitrc

I am trying to run some bash commands in my .xinitrc script, but the window manager starts without these commands running properly. I run Arch Linux with the window manager is called "awesome", and I start it with startx. This is the entirety of my…
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Calibrating a touch-screen on dual monitors (one touch one not)

I am using Debian 9. I have a little PC with 2 in-built monitors that I intend to use as a point of sale. It has one monitor facing the customer (non-touch screen) and one facing the cashier (touch screen). Each monitor has a resolution of 1366 x…
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