Cullen and John big thanks to the both of you! now I can get rid of my semi-working systemd service. this works like a charm
On 1/21/21 5:38 PM, John wrote: > Cullen: > > Thank you so much! This worked! > > To summarize for those who look at this later, I was using Linux Mint. > I edited /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf . I changed: > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" > MatchIsTouchpad "on" > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" > Driver "libinput" > EndSection > > to: > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" > MatchIsTouchpad "on" > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" > Driver "libinput" > * Option "Tapping" "on"* > EndSection > > and it now works! > > Thanks for the option Lars, but this works much better for me :-) > > Thank you! > > On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 3:03:54 PM UTC > [email protected] wrote: > > Hi John, > > I have a similar issue, but I can't tell whether it originates > from qtile or is just laptop specific. In case your OS uses > systemd, you could add a custom systemd service (e.g. > /etc/systemd/system/touchpad.service on debian-like) with content > similar to this > > ########### start of file ############### > [Unit] > Description=Start psmouse kernel module. > WantedBy=default.target > After=network.target > > [Service] > Type=simple > ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/modprobe -r psmouse > ExecStart=/usr/sbin/modprobe psmouse > > [Install] > WantedBy=default.target > ########### end of file ############### > > After creating the file, make sure to run > sudo systemctl daemon-reload > > I haven't figured out why it doesn't autostart on my machine, so I > need to manually run after booting > sudo systemctl start touchpad > > Maybe that helps! > Best, > Lars > > > On 1/21/21 3:50 PM, John wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I really like qtile! Thanks for all of the work y'all put into this! >> >> My main problem with it right now is that, if I tap on the >> touchpad, the mouse doesn't click. I have to physically push down >> on the touchpad or use an external mouse. >> >> This wouldn't be much of a problem, but my touchpad is pretty >> bad, and I can't pull out a mouse when I need to click something >> in the middle of class. Is there a way to enable tap to click on >> my touchpad in qtile? >> >> Thank you so much! >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/5a22b415-2b4d-4e20-aa09-5c3bd080a14an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/5a22b415-2b4d-4e20-aa09-5c3bd080a14an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/e6e9c406-909a-4332-8a0d-a10c7eaf2572n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/e6e9c406-909a-4332-8a0d-a10c7eaf2572n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/fc426fa9-fbbb-72ca-f5d9-7c3dee07e2e7%40googlemail.com.
