touchpad synaptics settings do not get applied in xorg.conf.d

minteracion · Post by **minteracion** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:20 pm

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I am trying to add a custom config to my touchpad by editing /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf according to tutorials (and copying to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d)

But adding options to the file does not take any effect, how do I proceed from here?

Here's my synaptics config file. The parameter I'm trying to change is Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"

I can successfully change it with the command xinput --set-prop appletouch "Device Accel Profile" 6 but it works only until I replug the touchpad.

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# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
#   Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
      MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
      Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchOS "Linux"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
        Option "Ignore" "on"
        Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"
EndSection

# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on clickpads
# and the right and middle top areas to be right / middle buttons on clickpads
# with a top button area.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "58% 0 0 15% 42% 58% 0 15%"
        Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"
EndSection

# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
        MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "custom accel"
        MatchDriver "synaptics"
        Option "Device Accel Profile" "6"
EndSection