libinput-gestures give me the error `Could not determine touchpad device.`
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λ ~/ libinput-gestures -l
libinput-gestures: session unknown+tty on Linux-6.1.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-8600K_CPU_@_3.60GHz-with-glibc2.36, python 3.10.9, libinput 1.22.0
Hash: 913c888f4e6a7ca5fe56f4931ec004b2
Gestures configured in ~/.config/libinput-gestures.conf:
swipe left 4 _internal ws_left
swipe right 4 _internal ws_right
Could not determine touchpad device.
Describe the issue
libinput-gestures doesn't recognize my touchpad (USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad Mouse):
λ ~/ libinput debug-events
-event2 DEVICE_ADDED Power Button seat0 default group1 cap:k
-event1 DEVICE_ADDED Power Button seat0 default group2 cap:k
-event0 DEVICE_ADDED Sleep Button seat0 default group3 cap:k
-event20 DEVICE_ADDED C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device seat0 default group4 cap:k
-event12 DEVICE_ADDED Logitech Logitech Speaker seat0 default group5 cap:k
-event13 DEVICE_ADDED USB Keyboard seat0 default group6 cap:k
-event14 DEVICE_ADDED USB Keyboard Consumer Control seat0 default group6 cap:kp scroll-nat
-event15 DEVICE_ADDED USB Keyboard System Control seat0 default group6 cap:k
-event16 DEVICE_ADDED USB Keyboard seat0 default group6 cap:k
-event17 DEVICE_ADDED USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad Mouse seat0 default group7 cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event18 DEVICE_ADDED USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad System Control seat0 default group7 cap:k
-event19 DEVICE_ADDED USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad seat0 default group7 cap:k
-event13 KEYBOARD_KEY +0.000s *** (-1) pressed
event13 KEYBOARD_KEY +0.072s *** (-1) pressed
^C
So to be clear, are you saying your touchpad doesn't work at all? Can you do ordinary finger movements of the cursor?
I updated step 6 in the trouble-shooting section to be hopefully more clear so please do that step.
Hi, thanks for the reply.
I've done some tests and it seems that the touchpad doesn't support multi-finger gestures (tested on Gentoo with libinput and Windows). So sad...
I've another question by the way, I've tried to switch workspace by swiping to the left/right using only two finger (supported gesture):
λ ~/ libinput-gestures -v --device "USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad Mouse"
libinput-gestures: session unknown+tty on Linux-6.1.1-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-8600K_CPU_@_3.60GHz-with-glibc2.36, python 3.10.9, libinput 1.22.0
Hash: 913c888f4e6a7ca5fe56f4931ec004b2
Gestures configured in ~/.config/libinput-gestures.conf:
swipe left /home/antonio/.xmonad/bin/switch_workspace.sh switch_empty next
swipe right /home/antonio/.xmonad/bin/switch_workspace.sh switch_empty prev
device USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad Mouse
libinput-gestures: device /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:8:1.0-event-mouse(event17): USB Mouse Pad USB Mouse Pad Mouse
But for some reason it seems that doesn't work.
Thanks for the support.
What do you mean "swiping with two finger (supported gesture)"? Gestures are 3 (or more) fingers as described in the documentation.
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, I mean the feature described here.
What I want is to do this gesture (left or right) in order to change workspace, did I've done something wrong in the configuration shown above?
Thanks for the support.
You're off on a tangent there. Just do step 6 of the trouble-shooting procedure as I said. If you don't see GESTURE_* events reported then libinput does not support your touchpad and this issue can be closed.
I see, thanks for the support 😄